10 UNUSUAL PLANTS 
White Clover has started, thus filling a gap when nec- 
tar is needed for the spring buildup. It grows close to 
the ground, except in blooming stage, when the flower- 
ing stems reach a height of about two feet with abun- 
dant purple flowers. It is a nice ornamental and at- 
tracts attention, since it blooms early when there is 
not yet much bloom in the flower garden. We find it 
long lived and drought resistant. It stands reasonable 
competition and spreads slowly from self-seeding. Ap- 
parently this is a good plant for naturalizing along 
roadsides and borders. Weeds can be mowed over it 
without injury to the meadow sage. You will like this 
plant in your flower garden. 
Ask us for the reprint, “New Sages for the Bee Pas- 
ture.” 
Seed, packet, 20c; per ounce, $1.00; % pound, $3.00; 
postpaid. 
GARDEN SAGE 
(Salvia officinalis) 
The garden sage has been cultivated for centuries for 
its aromatic leaves which are used in flavoring foods. 
It is a long lived perennial and should be included in 
every garden. The flowers are attractive to bees and a 
high quality honey is gathered from garden sage. 
Blooms in June. 
Seed, packet, 20c; per ounce, 75c; postpaid. 
PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE 
(Lythrum salicaria) 
A honey plant for wet land, Purple Loosestrife 
is especially adapted to moist or boggy land and un- 
der these conditions has ~ 
naturalized readily in some 
localities. We have heard 
some tall stories about the 
amounts of honey harvested 
from it where sufficiently 
plentiful. 
Under cultivation it is 
adapted to most _ soils; 
makes a fine ornamental 
garden perennial growing 
to three feet or taller. Pur- 
ple flowers on long spikes 
in late summer and fall. 
Very heavily worked by | 
bees. : 
The seed is tiny, with a © 
very large number of seeds | 
per ounce. 
Seed, packet, 20c; ounce | 
$1.00; % pound, $3.00; | 
postpaid. 
One year plants, 6 for | 
$1.00; dozen, $1.75; post- — 
paid. 
