14 UNUSUAL PLANTS 
CHAPMAN HONEY PLANT 
(Echinops sphaerocephalus) 
Chapman Honey Plant, 
also known as_ Globe 
Thistle, once enjoyed a 
real boom among _ the 
bee-keepers. It blooms 
heavily in mid-summer 
and the bees visit the 
flowers in large num- 
bers. The globe-shaped 
flowers are grown for 
ornament. The plant is 
biennial and reaches a 
height of six feet; easily 
grown, can be _ planted 
either spring or early 
The Echinops have globe- fall. 
shaped flowers Seed, per packet, 20c; 
% pound, $1.00 postpaid. 
ECHINOPS RITRO 
The blue flowered Chapman Honey Plant is peren- 
nial, growing to a height of about four feet on our soil. 
It is not nearly so tall as the other variety but is more 
desirable as an ornamental. It comes into bloom some- 
what later and lasts into September. 
Seed, per packet, 20c, postpaid. 
GOLDEN HONEY PLANT 
(Actinomeris alternifolia) 
Golden Honey Plant, also known as Wingstem or 
Crownbeard, is one of the best native honey plants of 
the Missisippi valley. Where this plant is plentiful 
the bee-keeper need never worry about abundant stores 
Bees Working Golden Honey Plant 
for winter. It is a rather coarse perennial about five 
feet tall with irregular yellow flowers. It blooms in Au- 
ust and never fails to find the bees working it. It will 
grow in either sun or partial shade; does best in shel- 
