292 AUSTRALASIAN 
The next two plants, mellilot clover and giant mignonette, 
are not natives of America. I obtained some seeds of them 
from that country, have grown them both, and am therefore 
acquainted with their honey-yielding qualities, and believe, 
where there is ground to spare, they will pay to grow for honey, 
though I do not at present advocate growing special crops for 
honey, unless these crops are profitable in some other direction. 
Mellilot, or sweet clover (Fig. 138), is a great favourite with 
bees, though I think of little use for anything else than its 
Fig. 136,—ASTER (Starwort). 
honey, of which it yields a large quantity. It has a delightful 
perfume when in flower, and scents the air for a long distance. 
It blooms for nearly four months, lasting right up to near the 
commencement of winter. It will grow almost anywhere, but 
does best on fairly good land. It is a biennial, and blossoms 
the second year; but it can be made to perpetuate itself by 
sowing the same land two years in succession. I have had it 
growing to the height of seven feet. 
