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Viper's bugloss, or blue thistle, which see (Echium vulgare). 



Vetch (Vicia), species. 



Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia). 



Vitus bipinnata, south. 



Vitex agnus castus, chaste-tree in Europe and United States ; 

 introduced ; V. littoralis, important in New Zealand. 



White mustard (Brassica alba). 



Whitewood, which see (Liriodendron tulipifera). 



White sage (Ramona polystachya) , California. 



Wild buckwheat (Polygonum); produces a light-colored 

 honey. 



Wild cherry (Prunus Pennsijlvanica), north. 



Wild senna (Cassia chamcecrista) . 



Wild rose (Rosa Carolina, lucida, blanda, canina, rugosa). 



Wild sunflower (Helianthus) , species. 



Willow (Salix). All species form an important class, 

 coming as they do early in the season, and yielding both honey 

 and pollen. 



WILLOW-HERB, which see (Epilobium angustifolium) , 

 northern parts of the United States and Canada. 



Wistaria (Wistaria chinensis). 



Yellow- wood (Virgilia lutea). Virginia. One of the 

 finest native ornamental trees. 



CONCLUDING WORD 



T ET no one imagine from the foregoing 

 -*-^ chapters of this work that beekeeping is a 

 royal road to wealth, for there is a vast amount 



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