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who will devote time to this important work. Why do not 
bee-keepers sce to it that the valuable maples, which furnish 
early pollen and honey, are accompanied by the still more 
valuable and equally beautiful basswood and tulip tree, 
called poplar at the South, and in regions where they will do 
Fic. 99.—Branch and Blossoms of Sourwood. 
well, the sourwood and Judas tree. Would not a little 
energy secure these trees at least in goodly proportions in 
the roadside tree planting? No tree excels in beauty the 
basswood and tulip tree, and the great amount and excellence 
of the nectar which they furnish is well known. It is wise 
