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eastern parts of the State, especially on the stiffer soils. Bringing- 

 together all these reports and tabulating them for more easy reference, ' 

 we find that our twenty-four leading honey plants are as follows : 



TWENTY-FOUB LEADING BEE PASTURAGE PLANTS. 



PLANT. 



Common Name as Used in 

 this State. 



Section of State Where 

 Most Common. 



V 



a 

 .2 



'-3<H 



C o 



a 9 



» 3 



<s o 



s 



a 



•^ o 



a >> 

 o +^ 



m 3 >> 



von 



H«2ffi 



§"8 



i. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 



Sourwood 



Poplar (Tulip tree) 



Clovers (all varieties) 



Gallberry 



Black-gum 



Persimmon 



Basswood (Linden, Linn) 



Holly 



Huckleberry 



Buckwheat 



Ironweed (Aster) 



Locust (Black Locust) 



Aster 



Cotton 



Stick-weed 



Fruit trees (all kinds) 



Peas (Cow-peas) 



Sumac 



Nut trees (including oak) 



Golden-rod 



Rattan 



Blackberry 



Maple (all varieties) 



Alfalfa 



Piedmont ; little East and West 



All sections 



West and Piedmont; little in East 



East 



East 



East and Piedmont 



West 



East 



East 



West 



Piedmont 



West and Piedmont 



All sections 



East and Piedmont 



All sections 



Piedmont and East - 



All sections 



All sections 



East 



All sections 



All sections 



Locally grown . 



167 



162 



157 



66 



62 



55 



38 



37 



36 



27 



21 



19 



14 



15 



9 



46 



13 



11 



8 



13 



7 



13 



11 



4 



121 



30 



63 



28 



21 



14 



13 



11 



11 



9 



13 



7 



1 



6 



3 



2 



1 



1 



57 

 39 

 2» 

 22 



7 

 8 

 12 

 13 

 12 

 14 

 2 

 10 



4 



1 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 2 

 I 



Botanical. — For the sake of technical accuracy we give herewith, 

 so far as we can ascertain, the scientific names of our honey-plants, 

 numbered to correspond to the above list. 1, Oxydendron arbor eum; 

 2, Liriodendron tulipfera; 3, Trifolium sp.; 4, Ilex sp.; 5, Nyssa 

 sp.; 6, Diospyros virginiana; 7, Tilia sp.; 8, Ilex opaca; 9, Vac- 

 cinium sp. and Gaylussacia sp.; 10, Polygonum fagopyrum; 11, 



