BEES AS FERTILISERS. 



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tected heads had "only a single aborted seed." The 

 Trifolium repens, taking first rank as a fodder plant, as 

 well as a honey-producer, delights in chalky ground, and 

 often the powdering of lime on the soil will cause a 

 crop of it to appear where previously it had not 

 been cultivated, or known to exist. 



The sweet-scented Labiates are not unworthy com- 

 panions of the Leguminosse, for not a single plant 



d 



Fig. 66.— Flower, &c, of Lamium album (White Dead Nettle), Order 

 Labiatce (Magnified Twice). 



A, Side View of Flower— c, Calyx ; I, Labium, or Lip ; s, Stigma ; b, Narrow Mouth 

 to Corolla Tube ; d, Upper Lip arranged as a Hood. B, Front View of Part of 

 Blossom— d', Upper Lip ; a, Anthers arranged in Line ; «',. Stigma. C, Side 

 View of Stigmatic Faces (s") carrying Pollen Grains. D, Enlarged View of 

 Anther dehiscing— ^.gr, Pollen Grains ; h, Hairs holding Pollen Grains. 



of the order possesses poisonous properties, whilst 

 amongst them we find lavender, thyme, rosemary, 

 the mints in their varieties, marjoram, sages, sweet 

 basil, savory, balm, germander, horehound, &c, most 

 of which give special aromas to honeys gathered 

 where they abound. Lamium album (the white 

 dead nettle), to be found in every hedgerow in the 

 South of England, will make evident the general 



