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BEE BOTANY AND ENTOMOLOGY.

WATER LEAF AS A HONEY PLANT.
INCLOSED please find a specimen of a honey
plant. It blooms early in spring, and is found
in the valleys on very rich soil. I consider it A
No. 1, as it comes before white clover. Please define it in GLEANINGS. M. A. GILL.
Viola, Richland Co., Wis., Dec. 15, 1879.
The plant is a beautiful one, both in leaf
and flower. Here is the answer of Prof.
Beal in regard to it.
This is Hydrophyllum Virginicum, or water leaf.
There are several species found on rich land in the
woods and open places. Nemophila belongs to the
same small natural order.