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(Gossypium herbaceum). (Fig. 236), which commences to bloom 

 early in June, and remains in blossom even to October. This 

 belongs to the same family — Mallow — as the hollyhock, and, 

 like it, blooms and fruits through the season. 



Fig. 235. 



Wild BnckwJtcat. — Original. 



The cow-pea, which blooms from April to Augnist (Fig. 

 199), is not only good for bees, but for feed, and to enrich the 

 soil. The stone-crop (Sedum pulchellum) is another valuable 

 honey-plant of the South. In June the magnolias (Fig. 237) — 



