16 PERENNIAL HONEY PLANTS 
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The seed starts slowly and usually requires weeding the 
first season. It is an attractive plant for bee and herb 
gardens in many places and for some it is proving worth 
while to make larger plantings, especially for bee pasture. 
Ask us for reprint, “Anise Hyssop—Wonder Honey Plant.” 
The seed is small, perhaps a half million seeds to the 
pound. 
Seed, packet, 20c; per ounce, $1.50; %4 pound, $5.00; 
postpaid. 
Also plants, see inside back cover 
GIANT HYSSOP 
(Agastache Scrophulariaefolia) 
The giant hyssop is a perennial common to open wood- 
lands and partially shady places which flowers in August 
and September. It reaches a height of five or six feet and 
is one of the really good bee plants. 
Seed, 20c per packet, postpaid. 
WILD INDIGO 
(Baptisa) 
This attractive perennial is worthy of much more com- 
mon cultivation. Dozens of stalks arise from a single root 
in a well established plant and often reach a height of three 
feet with large clusters of pea-like flowers. Perennial, na- 
tive to the Mid-West prairies. Very attractive to the bees. 
Seed, per packet, 20c, postpaid. 
WILD MARJORAM 
(Origanum vulgare) 
Wild Marjoram blooms 
over a long period, begin- 
ning in mid-summer, and 
is a favorite of the honey- 
bee. It is an attractive 
perennial, growing 14% to 
two feet tall. It is a Eu- 
ropean plant cultivated in 
gardens and_naturalizes 
readily under right condi- 
tions in this country. It is 
promising for use as an or- 
namental in such situa- 
tions as roadside plantings 
where one that will with- 
stand reasonable competi- 
tion is needed. You will 
Se umes i like it in your gar den. 
Seed, per packet, 20c, postpaid. 
Also plants, see inside back cover. 

GARDEN HYSSOP 
(Hyssopus offinalis) 
This is the old world herb Hyssop and should not be 
confused with either the Anise Hyssop or Giant Hyssop, 
since it is an entirely different plant. It is usually swarming 
with bees for weeks from June to September. Though it 
kills to the ground in winter, the stocky, thick spreading 
