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Table XIV. — Principal plants furnishing nectar and pollen; average dates 

 of beginning and ending of blooming periods — -Continued. 





Shrubs— Contd. 



Miscellaneous.! 



State. 



Snmac {Rhus). 



Raspberry {Rubus 

 strigosus and 

 other species). 



Buckwheat. 





Begin. 



End. 



Begin. 



End. 



Begin. 



End. 









June 10 



July 5 



July 20 

 Aug. 1 

 Aug. 1 

 Aug. 1 



Aug. 15 



New Hampshire 







Sept. 1 

 Sept. 1 

 Aug. 25 



Venaont 







June 10 

 June 10 



June 25 

 June 23 



Massachusetts 



July 8 

 July 6 



July 6 



Aug. 4 

 Aug. 1 



July 29 



Rhode Island 







June 1 

 May 22 

 May 20 

 June 1 



June 15 

 June 6 

 June 5 

 June 25 



July 20 

 Aug. 4 

 Aug. 1 

 Aug. 4 

 Aug. 1 



Aug. 5 

 Aug. 8 

 Aug. 5 

 Aug. 8 



Aug. 10 



New York 



Aug. 31 









Aug. 21 

 Sept. 7 

 Aug. 25 



Pennsylvania 



June 19 



July 9 



Delaware 









May 20 



June 15 



Sept. 5 

 Sept. 8 

 Sept. 1 

 Spet. 10 





June 10 

 June 10 



June 20 

 July 5 





May 15 



June 5 





South Carolina 











Georgia 















Florida 















Ohio 











Aug. 9 

 Aug. 2 



Sept. 10 

 Sept. 6 



Indiana 











Illinois 

















June 17 

 June 1 



July 18 

 June 26 



Aug. 9 

 July 29 

 Aug. 1 

 Aug. 10 



Sept. 7 

 Aug. 31 









Minnesota 







Sept. 1 













Sept. 5 



Missouri 













North Dakota 















South Dakota 































July 1 



July 31 











Kentucky 







Aug. 5 



Sept. 1 



1 Cotton, principally July and August throughout the cotton belt. Horsemint ( Monarda), 

 Texas, May 10 to June 27. Pennyroyal {Hedeoma), Florida, November to February. Part- 

 ridge pea {Chamaecrista fasciculata), Florida, July to September. Spanish needle {Bidens, 

 CoTeo'psis), North Central States, late August to late September. Fire weed or willow herb 

 {Chamaenerion angustifolium): Idaho, July 15 to Aug. 30; Michigan, July 15 to Sept. 15; 

 Minnesota, Aug. 15 to Sept. 20; Oregon, July 1 to Oct. 1; Washington, July 1 to Aug. 30; Wis- 

 consin, Aug. 15 to Sept. 20. Dandelion, during May in most Northern and Western States. 



