PERENNIAL HONEY PLANTS 19 

CATNIP or CATMINT 
(Nepeta cataria) 
This best known member of the Catnip family blooms 
over a long period, beginning in mid-summer. | It is very 
rich in nectar and attracts the bees in large numbers. It is 
perennial, easy to grow and one of the very best of honey 
plants for naturalizing in waste places. This plant was 
common to herb gardens of pioneer days, grows three feet 
tall. 
Seed, packet, 15c; ounce, 75c; % pound, $2.50; postpaid. 
NEPETA NUDA, known as Beemint, this member of the 
Catmint family is a taller plant with upright growth reach- 
ing a height of four or five feet. It blooms in mid-summer 
and is rich in nectar. Perennial. Seed, small packet, 20c. 
NEPETA GRANDIFLORA, still another good honey plant 
of the Catnip family, this one blooms intermittently from 
mid-summer to late fall. Grows to a height of two to three 
feet with spreading growth. Perennial. Seed, small 
packet, 20c, postpaid. 
GOLDEN HONEY PLANT 
(Actinomeris alternifolia) 

Golden Honey Plant grows wild in sheltered locations. 
Golden Honey Plant, also known as Wingstem or Crown- 
beard, is one of the best native honey plants of the Mis- 
sissippi valley. Where this plant is plentiful the bee-keep- 
er need never worry about abundant stores for winter. It 
is a rather coarse perennial about five feet tall with irregu- 
lar yellow flowers. It blooms in August and never fails to 
find the bees working it. It will grow in either sun or 
partial shade; does best in sheltered situations such as 
partly wooded areas or woodland borders. Once started 
in favorable environment, it will gradually spread around. 
It is often found growing in sparse timber along streams. 
Seed, per packet, 20c; 2 ounces, $1.00; postpaid. 
