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blooms June-September, depending on time of planting. Honey 

 dark purple in color, flavor strong and rank, of use mainly in 

 baking, body usually heavy although 

 in rapid flows it may be thin. In New 

 York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, espe- 

 cially, but found in almost all parts of 

 northern United States. Native of old 

 world. Sometimes escapes from culti- 

 vation. Reliable as a nectar plant es- 

 pecially in more northern localities. 

 Nectar secreted most abundantly in the 

 morning. 



Buckwheat family, Polygonacese ; see Wild 

 Buckwheat, Antigonon, Buckwheat, 

 Heartsease and Polygonum lapathi- 

 folium. 



Bur-marigold ; see Spanish Needle. 



Bush clovers, Lespedeza spp. 



Butterfly-weed ; see Milkweed. 



Button-bush, honey-balls, Cephalanthus oc- 

 cidentalis. In swamps, honey mild, 

 light color. 



FIG. 148. Buckwheat. 



Cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto. To 30 feet, July- August, honey 

 white, mild, Florida. 



Cabbage tree ; see Moca. 



Cactaceae ; see Cactus family. 



Cactus, prickly pear, Opuntia spp. Locally in deserts and semi- 

 arid regions, honey heavy of poor flavor. 



Cactus family, Cactacese; see Cactus. 



Caesalpinaceae ; see Senna family. 



California buckeye, JEsculus californica. Considerable nectar. 

 Reported that the honey poisons the bees (California) ; more 

 than doubtful. 



California laurel, Umbellularia californica. 



California poppy, Eschscholtzia californica. 

 some nectar, California. 



Campanula ; see Bell-flower. 



Campanula ; see Bell-flower. 



Campanulaceae ; see Bell-flower family. 



Canada thistle, Carduus arvensis. Honey of good quality. 



Caper family, Capparidacese ; see Cleome and Jackass Clover. 



Capparidaceae ; see Caper family. 



Caprifoliaceae ; see Honeysuckle family. 



Carpet-grass, Lippia nodiflora. Of value in California. 



December-March. 

 March-July, pollen, 



