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vacancies during the season. More will be said of this 
plant in another place, as we consider it next in value 
to the clovers. Besides these, there are numerous 
shrubs and trees, that afford large quantities of honey. 
Amongst the most prominent of these stands the bass- 
wood (lila Americana ,) that puts forth its blossoms 
about the middle of July, and they last nearly two 
weeks ; it has long pendant blossoms, nearly destitute 
of fragrance, but yielding a very rich and pleasant 
honey, and some seasons in great abundance. This 
honey is peculiar for its superior, rich, soft, and mellow 
taste while new ; possessing the least acridness of any 
honey known, excepting honey dew. 
The next is the tulip ( Lioriodendron ,) or white- 
wood. Instead of the long, pendant blossoms like the 
basswood, its flowers are of a bell shape, and usually 
stand somewhat inverted, so that they frequently hold 
a number of drops, and are said by some to yield a 
teaspoonful of pure honey in twenty-four hours. There 
is not the least doubt, that if this tree was as common 
as the linden, it would be classed at the head, for it 
is certain that it yields the most honey to the individual 
tree of any known in the United States. But its flavor 
I think inferior to the basswood, especially when -new ; 
possessing a pungent, aromatic taste, somewhat peppery, 
which is said will entirely leave it with age. In some 
sections this tree abounds quite plentifully, and might 
be cultivated almost anywhere. There may be locali- 
ties where many of these trees and plants are not 
natural productions of the soil ; yet there are but few 
locations that will not grow them, if transplanted and 
cultivated. And even this may not always be necessary 
as nature has in some instances provided ample substi- 
tutes in the vegetable kingdom. 
