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gathered, it has, like the honey of most other fall flowers, a 
rather rank, weedy taste ; but after it has thoroughly ripened 
it is very rich. 
Spider plant (Cleome pungens) (Fig. 137) is another common 
weed in some parts of the United States, which yields a good 
quantity of nectar ; it is allied to, and very much like, the Rocky 
Mountain bee plant (Cleome integrifolia). The peculiarity about 
this plant is that it only yields nectar at night, commencing late 
in the evening, at which time and very early morning the bees 
Fig. 135._THREE VARIETIES OF GOLDEN-RODS (Solidago). 
visit it. I have had some very good reports of this plant from 
those I have supplied with seeds. It lasts a long time in blos- 
som, and is rather handsome when in flower. Mr. Root speaks 
very highly of both the plant and the quality of the nectar it 
yields. The seeds of the foregoing plants—that is, figwort, 
horse-mint, golden-rods, asters, and spider plant—together with 
any of the herbs, such as horehound, catnip, etc., might he 
scattered about in waste places and odd corners, without doing 
any harm, and with profit to bee-keepers. 
