

of well flavored honey from it. It blooms freely in 
early summer and continues with a light bloom until 
frost. For field culture prepare as for clover or 
alfalfa and seed in either spring or fall. Three to 
six pounds of seed per acre, with other grasses. 
Seed, large packet 20c, $2.00 per pound, 
postpaid. Ten pounds or more, $1.75 per pound, 
not prepaid. Nitragin innoculation for Birdsfoot 
Trefoil, % bu. size can 30c postpaid. Seed stocks 
are limited, order early. 
SAINFOIN or ESPARCET 
(Onobrychis sativa) 
Sainfoin is the main source of hay in some Euro- 
pean countries. It is drought resistant and will 
grow on soils where the clovers do poorly. The 
flowers are so attractive as to make it worth grow- 
ing 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 faded. Blooms May and June. 
The honey is of fine quality, and that most often 
found in the stores of Paris, France, is from this 
source. 
Seed, large packets 20c, $1.00 per pound, post- 
paid. Write for price on larger quantity. Seed 
stocks are limited, order early. 
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER 
(Trifolium repens) 
White Dutch or pasture clover has long been the 
main dependence for a honey crop over a wide area 
of the Northeastern States. The plant is easily 
naturalized along roadsides, in pastures and waste 
places. Should be included in any mixture of 
grasses for pasture. 
Seed, large packet 20c, $1.25 per pound, post- 
paid. 
PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE 
(Lythrum salicaria) 
Purp'e loosestrife is very adaptable and will grow 
either on dry land or in boggy spots with its roots 
in water. The abundant pink flowers are very orna- 
mental and last for weeks in mid-summer. It is the 
source of much dark honey in some localities. 
Some beekeepers have improved local bee pasture 
by sowing along streams. The plant gradually 
spreads down stream. 
The seed which is very small should be sown on 
top of the ground in late winter or early spring. 
Seed, 20c per packet. Ounce $1.00, postpaid. 
Write for price on larger quantity. 
WINGSTEM OR CROWNBEARD 
(Act. nomeris alternifolia) 
Wingstem is a rather coarse perennial about five 
feet tall with irregular yellow flowers. It never fails 
to find the bees working it freely when in bloom. 
One of the best of the native honey plants of the 
