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and pollen. The honey is bitter as quinine, but owing to its long- 

 continued blooming period from June to frost, it is an important plant 

 for winter stores. 



Marigold. {Gaillardia pidchella Fang.) Common throughout 

 Texas. Yields surplus. Honey dark amber. May to June. 



Dandelion. {Taraxicum officinale Weber.) Common. Yields some 

 honey of strong flavor. 



Blue thistle. (Cnicus altissimus Willd.) West to Guadalupe 

 River. July and August. Bees work on it heavily at times. 



Parthenium. (Parthenium hysteropJiorus L.) In waste places 

 throughout Texas. April till frost, yielding honey and white pollen. 



Broom weed. (Gutierrezia texana T. & G.) Open prairies 

 throughout Texas. Honey dark and of strong flavor. Important for 

 winter stores. September and October. 



Texas persimmon. {Diospyros texana Schule.) Woodlands and 

 ravines, southern and central Texas. Good honey yielder. April 

 and June. 



Common persimmon. {Diospyros virginiana L.) West to Colo- 

 rado River. A good honey plant but scarce. Blooms a little earlier 

 than D. texana. 



Gum elastic. {Bumelia languinosa Pers.) Woodlands, eastern 

 and southern Texas. Good honey plant, but blooming period short. 

 June 25 to 30. ' 



Privet. (Ligustrum vulgare L.) A good honey plant, but flowers 

 scarce owing to annual trimming. 



Milkweed. (Asclepias sp.) Good honey plant at Beeville, but pol- 

 len attaches to bee's feet and cripples them. 



Dense-flowered Phacelia. (Phacelia co)ijesta Hook.) Common, 

 blooming April to June. Some honey. P. glabra yields some honey. 



Borage. {Borage officinalis L.) Cultivated at College Station. A 

 good honey plant in June. Stalks die during drouth, but revive and 

 bloom again later in season. 



Morning glory. (Ipomoea carolinio/na Prush.) Throughout east- 

 ern, central and southern Texas, blooming during summer, yielding a 

 light flow of honey and pollen. 



Night shade. (Solanum rostratum Duval.). Yields some honey 

 and pollen from May to October. 



Trumpet creeper. (Campsis radicans L.) Humid sections of 

 Texas. Honey yield light; pollen from external nectar glands and 

 stems of flowers. 



Fog fruit. (Lippia nodi flora L.) Honey yield light during July. 



Wliite brush. {Lippia ligustrina Britt.) Abundant in southwest 



