. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 124 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL April bloom nearly all the summer. The bees are constant visitors to these flowers and they are also a great source of attraction to the tiny, glis- tening humming-birds that come and go all day long, while they remain with us. It is always interesting and often amusing to watch their many little antics. The campanulas are very decorative and there are endless kinds to choose from. The biennial varieties of the cup-and-saucer type are most favored by the bees, as the anthers are simply smothered with pollen. The little catmint
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 124 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL April bloom nearly all the summer. The bees are constant visitors to these flowers and they are also a great source of attraction to the tiny, glis- tening humming-birds that come and go all day long, while they remain with us. It is always interesting and often amusing to watch their many little antics. The campanulas are very decorative and there are endless kinds to choose from. The biennial varieties of the cup-and-saucer type are most favored by the bees, as the anthers are simply smothered with pollen. The little catmint makes a nice little plant for the extreme edge of the borders. Lilies of all kinds are noted for their wealth of pollen and the orien- tal poppies have also quite a lot. The latter make a gorgeous show, as they are now to be had in colors of all tints, ranging from pure white to all shades of pinks, salmons and the most beautiful reds and crimsons. One can scarcely afford to leave out the iris family, aptly termed the "poor man's orchid," as although not of much, or indeed any, value to the bees, no garden is complete without them. There is a long-continued se- quence of most beautiful and quaint flowers if all the various types are grown, viz., the Spanish, English, German, Siberian and Japanese forms. Phloxes are in the same cate- gory as the iris family, in not being visited by the bees, but are favorites for the humming-birds, which fre- quently hover over them. These make such a grand show and flower for so long a period that they are an absolute necessity in every garden, and are sweetly scented. The dwarf Alpine varieties are well adapted for the rockery. The long-spurred col- umbines, too, must be remembered. These have been greatly im- proved of recent years. The hum- ming-birds are fond of them, as with their long tongues they have no diffi- culty in reaching the nectar. Of course no garden would be complete without roses, the queen of flowers. The double k
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