The Cow Pea and Cotton, 365 
supply. Our brothers of the South reap a rich harvest 
from the great staple, cotton, Gossypium herbaceum (Fig. 
170), which commences to bloom early in June, and 
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Cotton, 
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. ; 
The cow pea (Fig. 143) 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. 171)—there are several spe- 
cies in the South—~are in bloom. In many parts they com- 
mence to blossom in May. One of the finest of these is 
the Magnolia glauca (Fig. 171). One would suspect at 
once that it was a near relative of the tulip tree. 
