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

 of beginning and ending of blooming periods — Continned. 





Shrubs— Contd. 



Miscellaneous. 



State. 



Sumac (Rhus). 



Raspberry (Rubus 

 strigosus and 

 other species). 



Buckwheat. 





Begin. 



End. 



Begin. 



End. 



Begin. 



End. 



Tennessee 















Alabama 















Mississippi 















Louisiana 















Texas 















Oklalioma 

















June 20 



July 5 





















Wyoming 















Colorado 











































Utah 





























Idaho 









































































Miscellaneous— Continued. 



State. 



Fall flowers.i 



Heartsease or 

 heart- weed ( Polygo- 

 num persicaria). 





Begin. 



End. 



Begin. 



End. 



Maine 



Aug. 20 



Oct. 1 

























Aug. 27 



Oct. 12 







Rhode Island 









Sept. 3 

 Aug. 27 

 Sept. 1 

 Aug. 25 



Sept. 23 

 Sept. 28 

 Oct. 5 

 Oct. 4 







New York 



















Delaware 







1 Fall flowers, principally goldenrod and aster, former about a week earlier than latter. 



