22 ANNUALS 

BORAGE 
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 Eurove and North Africa. 
Although the honey is dark and not of the best quality, 
the bees visit the flowers so freely that it should be in- 
cluded in every extensive collection of honey plants. It 
is a hardy plant, blooming for a long period. 
Seed, per packet, 15c, postpaid. 
MIGNONETTE 
(Reseda odorata) 
Mignonette has long been a favorite with those who 
have bee 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 probable that if enough 
of it were available good crops might be harvested. Try 
it in your garden. 
Seed, per packet, 15c; ounce, 60c; postpaid. 
CALIFORNIA POPPY 
The California poppy is a familiar plant to those who 
have visited the West Coast in springtime. 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, 15c; ounce, 60c; postpaid. 
SAFFLOWER 
Safflower is a fast growing annual which reaches a height 
of about three feet. The large yellow flowers are of in- 
terest in the garden but it is cultivated principally as a 
source of drying oil in demand by the paint and varnish in- 
dustry. Bees visit the flowers freely and indications are 
that it will prove to be a good honey plant. 
Seed, per packet, 15c, postpaid. 
SESAMUM 
Sesamum is an annual of easy culture It grows to a 
height of three feet in this climate and the large flowers are 
very attractive to the bees. It blooms in late summer. It 
is an important source of edible oil in the tropics and some 
experimental plantings are conducted in this country for 
study of possible commercial adaptation. 
Seed, per packet, 20c, postpaid. 
