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and for honey. It yields finely, but when established becomes a very 

 troublesome weed. It is an annual. We mention it here because of its 

 popular name— sweet clover. Sow three or four pounds to the aero. 



GOLDEN ROD AND ASTERS. 



These fall flowers stand perhaps next to clovers among perennial 

 plants as honey producers. Both the Golden Eod and the Aster abound 

 in large parts of the United Htate?. There are many varieties of each, 

 yet neither are to be recommended for cultivation, because, like the 

 Oxeyed Daisy and the Blue Thistle, they are looked on as weeds. They 

 spring up in abundance in uncultivated fields. The Golden Bod may 

 be known by its general appearance. It runs up in a stalk from one to 



