UNUSUAL PERENNIALS Et 
bees and provide good bee pasture for several weeks 
at a time when forage is scarce. Here it blooms in 
May following dandelion and fruit bloom and continu- 
ing usually until the White Clover has started, thus 
filling a gap when nectar is needed for the spring 
buildup. 
Ask us for the reprint, “New Sages for the Bee Pas- 
ture.” 
Seed, packet, 20c; per ounce, $1.00; % pound, $3.00; 
postpaid. 
Plants, 8 for $1.00; 25 for $2.50; 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. 
Plants, one year seedlings, 6 for $1.00; postpaid. 
PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE 
(Lythrum salicaria) 
Purple flowers on long spikes in late summer and 
fall. A nice ornamental 
growing to three feet or | 
taller. Very good _ for 
flower gardens, hardy per- 
ennial, adapted to most 
soils, grows especially well 
in very moist situations. 
Purple loosestrife blooms 
over a long period and the 
flowers are very heavily 
worked by bees. The plant 
is especially adapted to 
moist or boggy land and 
under these conditions has 
naturalized readily in some 
localities. 
We have heard some tall 
stories of the amounts of 
honey harvested from it | 
where sufficiently plentiful. | 
The seed is tiny, with a 
very large number of seeds 
per ounce. 
Seed, packet, 20c; ounce 
$1.00; % pound, $3.00; 
postpaid. 
Plants, 5 for $1.00; 12 for $2.00; postpaid. 
