tinued to grow until we had a 
wonderful stand. 
Among the hundreds of plants 
which have been tried in our test 
gardens there have been few which 
proved so attractive to the bees or 
which brought so many butterflies and 
other insects. Terry wrote more than 
sixty years ago that anise hyssop 
bloomed from early June until frost 
and our test plot verifled all that he 
claimed for it. Bees began working 
on the flowers in June and there was 
still a scattering of flowers which the 
bees visited freely in early November, 
a period of about five months of con¬ 
tinuous activity. 
Referring again to its value to the 
bees, our plots are too small to permit 
any accurate estimate of its value. 
The bees do work it so vigorously 
that one cannot doubt that they are 
getting a substantial harvest. The 
long period of its bloom and the 
fragrance of its flowers and leaves 
certainly offer encouragement to 
plant more of it. Terry who had 
opportunity to observe it when it was 
still abundant placed it very high as 
a source of nectar. If his estimate 
was correct i'; must be equal to sweet 
clover as a source of honey and 
superior to most of the honey plants 
with which we are familiar. Terry 
stated that his bees worked it stronger 
than any other wild plant in Iowa 
in pioneer days. 
Although he regarded it as worthy 
a place in any garden, the gardeners 
failed to appreciate it until now. 
Certainly in view of the great inter¬ 
est in herb gardening that has so re¬ 
cently been revived there will be a 
demand for this finest of plants from 
the red man’s herb garden. A plant 
that blooms for months and which at 
An old plant of anise hyssop may have 
more than 100 flower clusters blooming at 
oi.e time. 
its best may have more than 100 
flower clusters at one time as anise 
hyssop does, is certainly worthy of 
more attention than it has received. 
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Seed of Anise Hyssop, 15c per packet 
Plants 25c each; six for one dollar 
PELLETT GARDENS : Atlantic, Iowa 
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