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Texas. Blooms May to September, yielding a heavy honey flow of 

 fine quality. 



French Mulberry. (Callicarpa americana L.) Abundant in rich 

 soils of central and southern Texas, yielding honey. 



Salvia. {Salvia roem&riana Sch.) Yields honey during summer in 

 western Texas, but bees are handicapped by deep corollas. 



Salvia azurca Lam. Throughout Texas, but corollas very deep. 

 Visited by bumblebees. April to October. 



Lantana. {Lantana camara L.) Yields some honey. April to Oc- 

 tober. 



Virginia crownbeard. {Verhenu virginica L.) In rich wooded 

 lowlands of central, southern and western Texas. October. A heavy 

 yielder of fine honey. 



Blue vervain. {Verbena officinalis.) Throughout Texas. April 

 to August, yielding a light honey flow through the season. 



Catnip. {Nepeta cataria L.) Cultivated in the experimental' plats 

 at the apiary at College Station in 1904. The plants did not prosper ; 

 those that bloomed were visited by bees. 



Wild bergamot. {Moimrda fistulosa L.) Sparingly on dry soils 

 of Texas. May to July. An excellent honey plant. 



Horsemint. {Monarda clinopodioides Gray.) Waste lands of east- 

 ern and southern Texas. May 20 to June 20; an excellent honey 

 plant, being one of the main yielders. the honey comparing favorably 

 with that of basswood. 



Horsemint. {Monarda punctata L.) W^aste prairies, eastern and 

 southern Texas. Abundant along railroad tracks; one of the main 

 honey plants. May to July. 



Common hoarhound. {Marruhium vulgare L.) Throughout the 

 State; a good yielder of a dark amber-colored honey from February 

 to mid-summer. 



Drummond's skullcap. {Scutellaria drummondii Benth.) Through- 

 out Texas; a good honey yielder in April and j\Iay. 



Common pigweed. {Amaranthus retroftexus L.) Throughout 

 Texas. Yields some honey and pollen July to September. 



Spiny amaranth. (Amaranthus spinosus L.) Bees visit it, obtain- 

 ing a small amount of pollen. August. 



Buckwheat. {Fagopyrum fagopyrum (L.) Karst.) Cultivated. 

 Our records are from College Station. Yields fair quantities of 

 honey on dewy mornings, but is handicapped in dry atmosphere. We 

 found it a very good plant to' bridge dearths. 



Mistletoe. {Phoradendron flavescens (Pursh) Nutt.) A parasitic 



