While there is no proof that such yields can be 
secured the flowers are very) attractive to the bees 
and it seems probable that if enough of it were 
available good crops might be harvested. Try it in 
your garden. 
Seed, large packet 20c ounce 75c, postpaid. 
SAFFLOWER ; 
Safflower is a thistle-like plant reaching a height 
of about three feet. The large yellow flowers are — 
of interest in the garden for it is cultivated princi- 
pally as a source of drying oil in demand by the 
paint and varnish industry, Bees visit the flowers | 
freely but no information is available as to its 
probable value as a source of honey. Annual. 
Seed, 20c per packet, postpaid. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY 
(Eschsoltzia californica) 
The California poppy is a familiar plant to those 
who have visited the West Coast in springtime. 
Millions of them may have been seen in bloom 
along the roadsides and in waste places. 
In the East it is grown as an annual. It reseeds 
freely and is easily grown in gardens or naturalized. 
in sunny situations. The bees visit the flowers in 
large numbers for pollen. It blooms over a long 
period. 
Seed, large packet 20c, ounce 75c, postpaid. 
PHACELIA 
The fiddle neck phacelia, (Phacelia tenacetifolia) 
is native to California but is widely grown in 
European gardens as a honey plant. In Germany 
it is also grown to some extent for forage and is — 
used for silage. It is a famous bee plant and is one 
of the most commonly grown where gardens have | 
been planted especially for the bees, 
It is an annual of easy culture and the ‘lowers 
are covered with bees from morning till night. It | 
reaches a height of about two feet with blueish or | 
pink flowers. vs 
Seed, 20c per packet, postpaid. 
PRICKLY POPPY 
(Argemone 
The white prickly poppy is a native to the south- | 
west and is a common sight from Kansas to Texas. © 
It is an annual of easy culture and with large white © 
flowers for a long time in summer. The bees are 
much attracted to this plant for pollen. 
Seed, 20c per packet, postpaid. 


Seed of any of the above, 20c per packet, or six packets for | 
for $1.00. Any fifteen packets for $2.00. Postpaid. 

FLOWERS OF THE WILD by Frank C. Pellett. 
A book about wild flowers based on thirty years 
experience with several hundred species. More 
than 100 photographs and four color plates illus- 
trate the text. Here will be found useful infor- 
mation for insuring success with native plants. 
Cloth binding, 168 pages, $1.00 per copy, postpaid. 
A LIVING FROM BEES by Frank C. Pellett. A 
cloth bound book of 3804 pages, well illustrated 
which as its title suggests outlines proved methods — 
of making a living from bees. The fundamentals of 
of honey production are explained with reasons for 
every necessary manipulation. 
Conditions under which beekeeping is practical 
as an exclusive business and when it is better to 
be followed as a sideline are discussed at length. 
$2.25, postpaid. 
PELLETT GARDENS 
MELVIN PELLETT ATLANTIC, IOWA 
