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PASTURAGE AND OVERSTOCKING. 



706. We here present a list of the flowers known as 

 being visited by the bees for their nectar or for their pollen. 

 We have grouped them in Families, and we give engravings 

 of some of their most prominent types, in order to help the 

 Apiarist in his investigation. But our list is far from being 

 complete. 



Fig. 163. 



PERSICARIA, COMMONLY CALLED "HEARTSEASE. 



(From Forty Years Among the Bees.) 



Compositae:— Dandelion, Thistle, Chamomile, Sunflower, 

 Ox-eye Daisy, Goldenrod (Fig. 164), Coreopsis, Lettuce, 

 Chicory, Boneset, Iron-weed, Indian Plantain, Fire-weed, 

 Aster (figures 165, 166), Burr-Marigold, Spanish Needles, 



