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White Clover (Trifolium repens) May- June. 



Alsike Clover (Trifolium hybridum) .... May- June. 



RASPBERRY (Rubus) May-June. 



COWPEA (Vigna sinensis) May-Aug. 



EDIBLE CHESTNUT (Castanea dentata = C. 



saliva var. americana of Gray's Manual) June. 



Chinquapin (Castanea pumila) June. 



Catalpas, or Indian Bean Trees (Catalpa) . June. 



MAGNOLIA, or SWEET BAY (Magnolia Glauca) June. 



LINDEN, or "LINN" (Tilia americana) . . . June. 

 SOURWOOD, or SORREL TREE (Oxy- 



dendrum arboreum) June July. 



Oxeye Daisy, or Whiteweed (Chrysanthemum 



leucanthemum) June-July. 



Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra) July. 



Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) . . . July. 

 CLEOME, or " ROCKY MOUNTAIN BEE PLANT'* 



(Cleome serrulata = C. integrifolia of 



Gray's Manual) (West) July-Aug. 



ALFALFA (Medicago saliva) (West) . . . July-Aug. 

 MELILOT, BOKHARA, or SWEET 



CLOVER (Melilotus alba) July-Aug. 



Cucumber, Melon, Squash, Pumpkin (Cucu- 



mis, Citrullus, and Cucurbita) .... July-Aug. 

 Knolweeds (Polygonum, especially P. pennsyl- 



vanicum and P. persicaria) July-Sept. 



Buckwheat (Fagopyrum fagopyrum = F. escu- 



lentum of Gray's Manual) Awg.-Sept. 



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