OR, MANUAI< OF THB APIARY." 



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(Gossypium herbaceutn), (Fig. 236), which commences to bloom 

 early in June, and remains in blossom even to October. This 

 belongs to the same family— Mallow— as the hollyhock, and, 

 like it, blooms and fruits through the season. 



Fig. 23S. 



Wild Buckwheat. — Original. 



The cow-pea, which blooms from April to August (Fig. 

 199), is not only good for bees, but for feed, and to enrich the 

 soil. The stone-crop (Sedum pulchellum) is another valuable 

 honey-plant of the South. In June the magnolias (Fig. 237)— 



