HOMlTBBBS ANT> HOITBT PBODtJOTION. 



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Table XIY .—PHndpal planU furnishing nectar and pollen; average dates 

 of beginning and ending of blooming penorfs— Continued. 



I Cotton, principally July and August throughout the cotton belt. Horsemlnt ( Manaria), 

 Texas, May ID to June 27. Pennyroyal (Hedeoma), Florida, November to February. Part- 

 ridge pea ( ChamaecTista fasciculaia), Florida, July to September. Spanish needle (.Bidens, 

 Coreopsis), North Central States, late August to late September. Fire weed or willow herb 

 {Chamaenerion anguslifolium): Idaho, July 16 to Aug. 30; Michigan, July 15 to Sept. 15; 

 Minnqpota, Aug. 15 to Sept. 20; Oregon, July 1 to Oct. 1; Washington, July 1 to Aug. 30; Wis- 

 consin, Aug. 15 to Sept. 20. Dandelion, during May in most Northern and Western States. 



