with bees, The attractive flowers offer attraction 
as a garden plant as well as bee plant. 
Seed, 20c per packet. 
CHAPMAN HONEY PLANT 
(Echinops spaerocephalus ) 
Chapman Honey Plant, also known as Globe 
Thistle once enjoyed a real boom among the bee- 
keepers. The plant is biennial and reaches a height 
of six feet. It blooms heavily in mid-summer. The 
flowers are covered with bees and are grown for 
ornament. This plant is easily grown and can be 
planted either srring or fall. 
Seed, large packet 20c, pound $1.00, postpaid. 
ECHINOPS RITO. 
The blue flowered Chapman Honey Plant is 
perennial growing to a height of about four feet on 
our soil. It is not nearly as tall as the other variety 
but is more desirable as an ornamental. It comes 
into bloom somewhat later and lasts into September. 
Seed, large packet 20c. 
MOTHERWORT 
(Leonurus Cardiaca) 
Motherwort is native of Asia that has been 
naturalized in many American localities. It is 
perennial and grows to a height of four or five feet. 
It is easily raised from seeds and once established 
should remain with little attention for many years. 
The flowers grow in dense cluster around the 
stem and the bloom continues for a long period. 
Bees are attracted to the flowers in large numbers 
and it is one of the best plants to sow in waste 
places for bee pasture. 
Seed, 20c per packet, postpaid. 
CATNIP 
(Nepeta Cataria) 
Catnip is a famous bee plant common to our 
grandmother’s herb gardens. It has since been 
widely naturalized in fence corners and unused 
gardens. Perennial, blooming over a long period 
and never failing to attract the bees. Sow the seed 
in early spring while the ground is cool. 
Seed, 20c per packet, $1.00 per ounce postpaid. 
NEPETA MUSSINI 
This is a relative of the catnip and comes from 
Persia so is sometimes called Persian catnip, <A 
very fine bee plant with a long period of bloom. 
It is in flower for several weeks in spring and again 
in autumn with a scattering of bloom all summer. 
Long a favorite in rock gardens and worthy of more 
attention on the part of the beekeeper. 
Seed, 20c per packet. 
PEA TREE 
(Caragana arborescens) 
The pea tree is a very hardy shrub or small tree 
which comes from Siberia. It is drought resistant 
and is much used for hedge in the Dakotas and in 
western Canada. it is a free bloomer and the pea- 
