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RUSSIAN OLIVE 
(Elaeagnus angustifolia) 
The abundance of white, silvery gray foliage makes 
this a most striking shrub or small tree. It is desirable 
for grouping and extensively used in windbreaks. It 
blooms in late spring or early summer and is one of 
the best of honey plants. Bees visit the flowers in 
large numbers from early morning until late evening. 
The grayish white berries are much sought by birds. 
18 to 24 inch plants, 3 for $1.00; 12 for $2.50; post- 
paid. 
PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS: Dig the hole large enough so 
the roots will spread out naturally without bending. Set the plant only 
114 inches deeper than it stood in the nursery. (You can tell the ground 
line as that is where the green top joins the brown root). Fill in around 
the roots with loose dirt shaking the roots while doing so, so the hole will 
all be filled and not leave any air pockets around the roots. When 
the roots are well covered, then tamp the dirt firmly using your foot. 
If the ground is dry, then use a lot of water in the hole both before 
and after setting the plant. Even if the soil is moist, some water should 
be used after tamping in to further settle the soil around the roots. 
Plant as soon as you can after arrival of the stock. If this cannot be 
at once, keep in a cool place and keep the packing moist around the 
roots; or heel in the ground with the roots well covered with several 
inches of moist soil. 
DISTANCE FOR PLANTING: For close windbreak or screen, space 
Everflowering Locust six to eight feet apart in the row; Vitex, Pea 
Tree, Beauty Bush, Cotoneaster and Honey Suckle three to four feet 
apart; Russian Olive four feet or more. The above are suggested spac- 
ing in the rows when a close windbreak, screen or high hedge is desired. 
If you wish the individual plants to develop fully, then a much wider 
spacing should be allowed. 
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Importance of Honey Plants 
Honey plants are the first essential to bee- 
keeping. For bees to store surplus honey there 
must be an abundance of nectar from one or 
more sources at one or several periods during 
the season. In order for bees to prosper, there 
must also be the so-called minor sources early 
and late and between the major flows, to keep 
the bees in shape and to build them up to make 
the most of the major honey flows. 
Since honeybees, for their pollination services, 
are becoming recognized as very essential to our 
agriculture and national well-being, likewise 
honey plants which will furnish either minor or 
major sources must be looked upon as of major 
importance in the scheme of things. It is a law 
of nature that the greater the succession of 
nectar plants present throughout the season, the 
more bees there will be to perform the essential 
service of pollination of the fruits and flowers, 
gardens and fields of your neighborhood. 
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