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Viper's bugloss, or blue thistle, wliich 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. liUoralis, important in New Zealand. 



White mustard (Brassica alba). 



Whitewood, which see (Liriodendron tulipifera). 



White sage {Ratnona polystachy a), CaliioTina.. 



Wild buckwheat {Polygonum) ; produces a Ught-colored 

 honey. 



Wild cherry {Prunus Pennsylvanicd), north. 



Wild senna {Cassia chamcecrista) . 



Wild rose {Rosa Carolina, lu/dda, 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 luted). Virginia. One of the 

 finest native ornamental trees. 



CONCLUDING WORD 

 X 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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