
room may resemble a young tree with much yellow 
bloom all late summer and fall. The plant is annual 
and self sows freely. One of the finest of honey plants, 
very attractive to bees and other insects. 
Seed, packet 20c, ounce $1.50, postpaid. 
| PHACELIA 
The fiddle neck phacelia (Phacelia tenacetifolia) is 
native to California Aut 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 flowers are 
covered with bees from morning till night. It reaches 
a height of about two feet with blueish or pink flowers. 
Seed, 20c per packet, postpaid. 
PHACELIA HIRSUTI 
This low growing Phacelia comes up early in the 
spring, blooms freely and then disappears. It is an an- 
nual and usually self sows freely. Like others of this 
group it attracts the bees in large numbers. 
Seed, 20c per packet. 
BORAGE 
(Borago officinalis) 
Borage has long been famous as a bee plant and has 
been much planted in European honey plant gardens. 
It is an annual native to Europe and North Africa. 
Although the honey is dark and not of the best qual- 
ity the bees visit the flowers so freely that it should be 
included in every extensive collection of honey plants. 
It is a hardy plant blooming for a long period and seed 
should be planted in early spring where the plant is to 
grow. 
Seed, 20c per packet, ounce 75c, postpaid. 
MIGNONETTE 
(Reseda odorata) 
Mignonette has long been a favorite with those who 
have bee gardens. It is an annual which comes from 
North Africa and has been widely distributed in orna- 
mental gardens. The bloom is very fragrant. Some 
very extravagant claims have been made as to the 
amount of honey to be secured from this source. While 
there is no proof that such yields can be secured the 
flowers are very attractive to the bees and it seems prob- 
able that if enough of it were available good crops 
might be harvested. Try it in your garden. 
Seed, per packet 20c, ounce 75c, postpaid. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY 
(Eschsoltzia California) 
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 vlaces. 
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, per packet 20c, ounce 75c, postpaid. 
SAFFLOWER 
Safflower is a fast growing annual which reaches a 
height of about three feet. The large yellow flowers are 
of interest in the garden but it is cultivated principally 
as a source of drying oil in demand by the paint and 
varnish industry. Bees visit the flowers freely and indi- 
cations are that it will prove to be a good honey plant. 
Seed 20c per packet, postpaid, 
