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Chinquapin ( Castanea pumila) Apr.-May, 



Catalpas ( Catalpa) Apr.-May, 



MAGNOLIAS (Magnolia) Apr.-May. 



Rhododendrons, Rosebays, Azaleas (Rhododendron} Apr. -May-June. 



MESQUITE (Prosopis juliflora) (Texas and westward) Apr.-July. 



Cowpea ( Figna sinensis) Apr.-Aug. 



TULIP TREE, or "POPLAR," (Lirioclendron tulipifera) May. 



Mountain Laurel ( Kalmia latifoUa) May. 



Grapevines ( I'itis) May. 



Raspberry (Rubus) May. 



China Berry, China Tree, or Pride of India (Melia azedarach) May. 



WHITE SAGE (Ramonapolystachya = Audil>erliapolysiachyaQft\\c> Botany 



of California) (California) May-June. 



SOUR WOOD, or SORREL TREE ( Oxydendrum arboreum) , . . May-June. 



SAW PALMETTO (Screnoa serrulala) (coasts of Georgia and Florida). . .May-June. 



HORSEMINT (Monarda citriodora) May-July. 



BANANA (Musa saplentum) May-Sept. 



LINDEN, or "LINN" ( Tilia americana, T.pubescens, and T. heterophylla) ...June. 



Red Bay (Persea borbonia = P. carolinensis of Gray's Manual) June. . 



Indian Corn (Zea mays} June-July. 



Cucumber, Melon, Squash, Pumpkin (Cucumis, Citrullus, and Cncnrbita) June-July. 



BLACKVVOOD or BLACK MANGROVE ( Avicennia nitida) (Florida) June-July. 



ALFALFA (Medicago satira) June-Aug, 



MELILOT, BOKHARA, or SWEET CLOVER (Melilottis alba) June-Aug. 



COTTON ( Gossypium herbaceum) Juue-Aug. 



WILD BUCKWHEAT (Eriogonum fasciculatum) (California) June-Oct. 



CABBAGE PALMETTO (Sabal palmetto) (coasts of South Carolina, 



Georgia, and Florida) July-Aug. 



Japan or Bush Clover (Lespedeza striata) Aug.-Sept. 



Bur Marigolds (Bidens, especially Spanish Needles, Bidens bipinnata) Aug.-frost. 



Wild Asters (Aster, especially HEATH-LIKE ASTER, Aster ericoides) Aug.-frost. 



Golden-rods (Solidago) Aug.-frost. 



BLUE GUM and R>ED GUM (Eucalyptus globtilus and E. rostrata) (California) .Dec.-Mar. 



