. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. FIG WORT. 101 FIGWORT. iiriti(>s, iir rciil (ir sui>i)ose(l valuable meilk-al pi'Diicrlies. Min'li lias recently been said in loS'ii'il t" it- nnrter the name of the .Siniiison lloney-I'lant. J. A. Simpson, of Alexis. Ills., having tiist called attention to THE SIMPSON IIONEY-PLANT. The ensravinj; presented will Rive a fair idea of it. and will enable any one to disliiiRnish it at once, if it grows in his lo- cality. The i)retty little ball-shaiied (lower, with a lip somewhat like
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. FIG WORT. 101 FIGWORT. iiriti(>s, iir rciil (ir sui>i)ose(l valuable meilk-al pi'Diicrlies. Min'li lias recently been said in loS'ii'il t" it- nnrter the name of the .Siniiison lloney-I'lant. J. A. Simpson, of Alexis. Ills., having tiist called attention to THE SIMPSON IIONEY-PLANT. The ensravinj; presented will Rive a fair idea of it. and will enable any one to disliiiRnish it at once, if it grows in his lo- cality. The i)retty little ball-shaiied (lower, with a lip somewhat like the Pitcher - plant, is usually found lilled with honey, unless the bees are so numerous as to prevent its accu- nuilatiou. This honey is. of course, thin, like that from clover or other plants, when first (gathered, and is in. fact, rather sweetened water: but still it is crude honey, and the lilant i)romis3s to furnish a larger quantity tlian any thing else I liave met with. AVe have liad one reiiort from a single (dant un- der cultivatiim, and. as might be exiiected. the (|uantity of honey yielded was very much increased, and the ))lant grew to a gieat height, coutiuuiiig to bloom and yield luuiey for full four mouths. The little llower, when examined closely, is fcuiud to be very beau- tiful. The following is Mi-. SiiuiisoiTs de- scription of (he jilaiit ; It is a large coai-se grower from 4 to 8 feet in lieijrht, coarse leaf, and a branching top covered with innunieraMe little hall*; about tht size of No. 1 shot. When in lilnoni there is just one little tlower-leaf on eaeh is dark purple, or violet, at the outer point, and lighter as it approaches the seetl-ball. The ball has an opening in it at the liase of the leaf, and is hollow. It is selilom seen in the forenoon without honey shining in it. Take a branch off and turn it ilown with a sharp shake, and the honey will fall in drops. It commences to bloom about ttie l.^th of .July, and remains until frost. Bees
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