. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAI, OF THS APIARY. 441 the attention of the bees with the linden ; while apiarists of the South find sourwood, or sorrel tree (Oxydendrum arboreum), (Fig. 244), a valuable honey-tree. It yields much very excel- lent honey. The honey is not quite as light-colored as sage, clover and basswood. It is slow to granulate. This plant is grown at the Michigan Agricultural College, but it is not Fig. Mountain Laurel.—From Department of Agriculture A Flowering branch. B 0 Expanded flower, ap, ap Antler pockets. s Stigma. e Enlarged
. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAI, OF THS APIARY. 441 the attention of the bees with the linden ; while apiarists of the South find sourwood, or sorrel tree (Oxydendrum arboreum), (Fig. 244), a valuable honey-tree. It yields much very excel- lent honey. The honey is not quite as light-colored as sage, clover and basswood. It is slow to granulate. This plant is grown at the Michigan Agricultural College, but it is not Fig. Mountain Laurel.—From Department of Agriculture A Flowering branch. B 0 Expanded flower, ap, ap Antler pockets. s Stigma. e Enlarged stamens. / Filaments. p g Shower of pollen-grains. a Free anthers. c a Calyx. d Section flower-bud. hardy, as it kills back nearly every winter. It belongs to the Heath family, which includes the far-famed heather-bloom of England. It also includes our whortleberry, cranberry, blue- berry, and one plant which has no enviable reputation, as furnishing honey which is very poisonous, even fatal to those who eat, the mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), (Fig. 24S). There is good reason to question these reports as to poisonous. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. , George W. York & company
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