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as a salad plant and in the field as a for- 
age crop. It is very drouth resistant and 
easily grown. It is very attractive to the 
bees, blooming in midsummer for several 
weeks, but apparently is sought mostly for 
pollen. Seed 15c per packet, one-fourth 
Ib. $1.00. 
SAINFOIN or ESPARCET 
(Onobrychis sativa) 
Sainfoin is the main source of hay in 
many European countries. It is drouth re- 
sistant and will grow on soils where the 
clovers do poorly. The flowers are so at- 
tractive as to make it worth growing in 
the flower garden as well as in the field. 
As a honey plant it has few equals as the 
bees visit the flowers freely from the time 
of the first opening until the last have fad- 
ed. The honey is of fine quality, and that 
most often found in the stores of Paris, 
France, is from this source. Seed 15c per 
packet, $4.00 per pound. 
INDIAN POSEY or BUTTERFLY WEED 
(Asclepias tuberosa) 
“This perennial is one of the most at- 
tractive of our native prairie wild flowers. 
It is rich in nectar and attracts many kinds 
of insects beside bees. It brings so many 
butterflies that it is known to many as 
“butterfly weed’. It should be included 
in every list of hardy perennials as well as 
bee plants. It is reported as the source 
of much fine honey in pioneer days. Seed 
15¢ per packet. 
SAGE (Salvia) 
The garden sage has been cultivated for 
centuries for its aromatic leaves which are 
used in flavoring foods. It is a long lived 
perennial and should be included in every 
garden. The flowers are attractive to the 
bees and a high quality honey is gathered 
from garden sage. ‘Seed 15c per packet. 
MEADOW SAGE (Salvia azurea) 
“The meadow sage is a tall growing per- 
ennial native to the southern states. It 1s 
a highly desirable garden flower reaching 
a height of four or five feet. Seed 15c¢ 
per packet. 
