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of the promiscuous blossoms, that make ifp the inter- 
stices between those that are superior. The black 
locust as well as the honey locust yields much honey 
during the few days they are in blossom, and will pay 
any one well for cultivating, not only for honey, but 
the timber is only excelled by the red cedar for dura- 
bility, and is a thrifty, growing tree, bearing blossoms 
when quite young, and retaining its vigor to half a cen- 
tury or more, blossoming as regular as the spring 
makes its appearance. 
The mignonette, if cultivated to that extent that it 
might or ought to be, would certainly furnish a rich 
pasturage for bees; it blooms from June until the 
autumnal frosts rob it of its beauty. A small patch 
of this will perfume the air for quite a distance ; and 
were it cultivated by acres for bee pasturage alone, we 
would be favored with a fragrant atmosphere that 
would vie with the spicy breezes of Ceylon, and a 
honey that would outdo the famed honey of Hymettus 
for aromatic flavor. But no ! of all things to be con- 
sidered it really seems the bee must be last, if nature 
will spontaneously produce flowers and honey enough, 
and the bees will gather enough for themselves, and 
furnish a good supply to their master without any 
trouble on the part of the owner, except to furnish an 
old box made of the cheapest lumber he can get, or 
perhaps will consent to let them live in a sap bucket 
through the summer, then give them a dose of brim- 
stone in the fall, and take what honey they have gath- 
ered as rent for the use of the bucket, so lie can use it 
again in the spring for his sap works. But if they 
can’t do this, “ they don’t pay.” Would you expect a 
man to pay you a debt if you were to rob him of every 
