The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-31

occasionally used as grten manure
plants on sugar plantptl9rs.
Lipla repens Carpet grassy. Yer
bena family. Now growing at the Ha-
wall Experiment Station.
Romneya coulteri (poppy). There is
a horticultural form of this that is
seen at times in gardens in Honolulu
Lathyrus tingitanus (Tangier pea).
This is now growing at Haiku, Maj.
Erodium cieutarium and Erodium
mochatum (Alfilaria or Fiiaree). These
are now well established on upland
pastures in Hawaii They are also
on Molokai. Seed introduced here in
California hay.
0nobrychis saliva (sanfoin) This is
one of the forage plants distributed to
the members of the Hawaiian Stock
Breeders Association in 1904.
Onithopus sativus (serradella). This
is established on Maui and Molokai.
Hedysarum coronarium (sulla clover).
Now being grown on Haleakala and
Parker ranches as a forage plant.
Seeds of the following plants have
been received from Mr.. J. NJ. Rankin
for distribution to the members of the
Hawaiian Beekeepers' Association and
[ wait the pleasure of the association
in regard to their disposal.
Black sage.
White sage.
Wild alfalfa.
Phacelia tancetifolia and Phaeelia
sp., native California species.
Horehound.
Of the above the white sage and
the black sage are the most important
Both Mr.. Rankin ard Mr.. Jared G.
Smith are of the opinion that the
sages will not become a pest to our
pastures or cultivated lands.
[ include in this report letter from
Mr. Rankin in reference to seeds that
have already been forwarded.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE,
Bureau of Entomology,
Riverside, Cal. Oct. 10, 1907.
Mr.. D. L. Van Dine, Hawaii Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, Honolu-
lu, H. T.
Dear Mr.. Van Dine: I am mailing
you today seeds of the following Cali
fornia bee plants:
No. 1-Phacelia tancetifolia.
No. 2-Phaeelia sp., native of Cali
fornia, undetermined.
No. 3-White sage
No. BLACK sage.
No. 5-HOrehound
No. 6-Wild alfalfa.
I fully intended cleaning these seeds
before I sent them to you but time
prevented me. They will, of course,
grow if simply rubbed out and sown
hulls and all.
AS fn no hvy
plants ! will state briefly:
No. / probably thrives best in good
soil. 1t will form for you, 1 think,
the most valuable plant of the lot
as a bee plant. | do not know the
range of conditions under which it will
best thrive.
No. grows in rocky waste land and
is a dry-land plant. 1t also grows in
the bottoms or wherever il can gain
a foothOld. This is a valuable plant
for you but not the nectar producer
that Phacelia tancetifolia has proved
itself to be-
No. 5 grows on low elevations and
thrives best in small sheltered canyons.
It is a southern California dry-land
plant and is not found to any extent
above $500 feet 1t thrives best at
about 1000 feet.
No. 4, the black sage, grows all the
way from San Francisco, south, at an
elevation ranging from sea level toI
5000 feet 1t is by far the best honey
plant native to California. Tt is a
dry-land plant. The honey is white
and mild.
No. ) is the most widely distributed
honey plant in California. 1t is found
from Siskiyou to san Diego and from
the sands of the beach to the snow
line. From the nature of the seed YOU
can see that it would not be a de-
sirahle plant on sheep ranges and 1t IS
possible that it is by the seeds stick
ing to the wool of the sheep that this
plant has become scattered so widely.
TIE roots are perennial and hardy. The
nectar is amber and of good flavor
with a decided horehound taste.
No. Is called the wild alfalfa. Tt
is the only one Of the lot that ] am
sending YOU that is of any value as
a forage plant. i is eaten by sheep /
and cattle when other forage is scarce. |
1t is found most abundantly in southern |
California and in the San Jacinto /
mountains. 1t thrives from sea level /
to 1000 feet but furnishes the most
nectar at about $500 feet.
In addition to these seeds that I am
sending you. 7 would suggest that You /
obtain the seed of Melilotus alba. II |
is moist land plant but good for both /
forage and nectar. Another plant
which grows wild and abundant here
is Hosackia. a legume, and good for
age plant It yields no honey at all
here. but I am confident that under
different conditions it would yield nee
tar. 7 will send Won a few roots Of
LIMA repens within a few weeks.
The seeds should all be sown at the
beginning of the rainy season. if You
have one. and l suggest that they he
sown in plots 50 that if any undesirable /
plants should have accidentally been
gathered they can be rooted out in
The Mot Care was taken 70 keep ont |