18 UNUSUAL PLANTS 
SIMPSON’S HONEY PLANT 
(Scrophularia marilandica) ‘ 
Simpson’s Honey Plant 
also commonly known as 
Figwort, has long been 
famous for its rich store 
of nectar for the bees. 
The flowers are small 
but ‘abundant and rich 
in honey. The plant is 
perennial and = grows 
from three to six feet 
high. It will grow in 
either sun or shade and 
is often found growing 
wild in wooded areas. It 
blooms in the fall. 
' Seed, per packet, 20c. 
One year plants or di- 
visions, 5 for $1.00; doz- 
en, $2.00; postpaid. 
Annuals 
ORIENTAL HOLLYHOCK 
(Malva silvestris) 
Because it is a nice ornamental and blooms abun- 
dantly over a long period we like this member of the 
easy to grow Hollyhock family. This hollyhock is re- 
ported from California as very attractive to the bees 
and we find it so in our garden. Usually grown as an 
annual, it comes into bloom quickly. Try this for a 
quick and worthwhile addition to your flower garden. 
Seed, per packet, 20c; postpaid. 
PHACELIA 
The fiddle neck phacelia (Phacelia tenacetifolia) is 
an annual of easy culture and the flowers are covered 
with bees from morning till night. This plant is na- 
tive to California but has been widely cultivated in Eu- 
ropean gardens as a honey plant, also grown to some 
extent for forage. It reaches a height of about two 
feet, with blueish or pink flowers. A famous bee plant. 
Seed, per packet, 20c; 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 eas- 
ily 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. 
GOLDEN CLEOME 
(Cleome lutea) 
Golden Cleome or Yellow Spider Flower makes a 
large growing ornamental in one season growth. 
Though native to a dry region (the Southwest), this 
