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stately and admirable shade-trees. Now, too, bloom the 

 sumacs, though one species blooms in May, the wild plum, 

 the raspberries, whose nectar is unsurpassed in color and 

 flavor, and the blackberry.' Corn, too, is said by many to yield 

 largely of honey as well as pollen, and the teasel, IHpsaaus 



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fullonum (Fig. 91), i§ said, not only by Mr. Doolittle, but 

 by English and G-erman apiarists, to yield richly of beautiful 

 honey. This last, too, has commercial importance. The 



