FORAGE CROPS ) 
tion where a quick soil builder is desired. It is one of 
the best plants for honey and can be depended upon for 
bloom the first season when planted early. Under fa- 
vorable conditions it blooms over a long season and 
often means an additional honey flow after other clover 
blooms are past. 
Seed, packet, 15c; two pounds, $1.00; five pounds, 
$2.25; postpaid. 
COMMON SWEET CLOVER 
There are two common varieties of biennial sweet 
clover, the white blossom and the yellow blossom. This 
offer is of seed of the white and yellow blossom mixed. 
Packet, 15c; two pounds, $1.00; five pounds, $2.25; 
postpaid. 
ERECTOR SWEET CLOVER 
This is a very recent development in a yellow flow- 
ered sweet clover and appears to be a most promising 
variety. It is an early bloomer, began blooming here 
May 28 and continued swarming with bees to the end 
of June. It is a tall growing variety and makes a very 
leafy and vigorous growth. 
Seed is very scarce. Per packet, 15c, postpaid. 
HAIRY VETCH 
(Vicia villosa) 
The Hairy Vetch, also known as Winter Vetch, is 
much used for green manure and cover crop, and for 
hay and pasture in some sections. It acts as a biennial 
when planted in the spring and as a winter annual 
when planted in the fall. An excellent source of fine 
quality honey in some localities. Long blooming period. 
Seed, packet, 15c; two pounds, $1.00; postpaid. 
Trees and Shrubs 
VITEX 
(Incisa negundo) 
This long-lived shrub or small tree furnishes abun- 
dant bloom which the bees work freely and constantly 
over a long blooming period in late summer and fall. 
Attractive in both foliage and flower, it is unsurpassed 
as an ornamental shrub for latitude of central Missouri 
and southward where it reaches height of from eight to 
fifteen feet. In Iowa it often kills to the ground in 
winter, growing from the crown the following season. 
It is one of the very best shrubs to plant for nectar in 
the South and has value further north. We consider it 
very worth while here in our gardens. Though it oft- 
en kills back in winter, it is winter hardy. It is a nice 
ornamental and a favorite of the honey bee. 
The seed germinates slowly and requires favorable 
conditions. Plant in garden seedbed early in the spring. 
Water often to keep soil constantly moist during ger- 
mination period which is usually two to four weeks. 
Seed, packet, 20c; 2 ounces, $1.00; postpaid. 
