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eastern parts of the State, especially on the stiffer soils. Bringing 

 together all these reports and tabulating them for more easy reference, 

 we find that our twenty-four leading honey plants are as follows : 



TWENTT-FOUE I^ADtNG BEE PASTUKAGE PLANTS. 



PLANT. 



Common Name as Used in 

 this State. 



Section of State Where 

 Most Common. 



«i 3 5? 



H«W 



.2 o 



CH«H 



IH 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 16. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 



Sourwood 



Poplar (Tuhp tree) 



Clovers (all varieties) 



Gallberry 



Black-^um 



Persimmon 



Basswood (Linden, Linn) 



Holly 



Huckleberry 



Buckwheat 



Ironweed (Aster) 



Locust (Black Locust) 



Aster 



Cotton 



Stickweed 



Fruit trees (all kinds) 



Peas (Cow-peas) 



Sumac 



Nut trees (including oak) . 



Golden-rod 



Rattan 



Blackberry 



Maple (all varieties) 



Alfalfa 



Piedmont: little East and West — 



All sections 



West and Piedmont; little in East 



East 



East 



East and Piedmont 



West 



East 



East — - 



West 



Piedmont 



West and Piedmont 



All sections 



East and Piedmont j — 



All sections 



Piedmont and East - 



All sections 



All sections 



East .- 



All sections 



All sections 



Locally grown - 



167 

 162 

 167 

 66 

 62 

 55 

 38 

 37 

 36 

 27 

 21 

 19 

 14 

 16 



9 

 46 

 13 

 11 



8 

 13 



7 

 13 

 11 



4 



121 

 30 

 63 

 28 

 21 

 14 

 13 

 11 

 11 

 9 

 13 

 7 

 1 

 6 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 1 



48 



6T 



39 



29 



'22 



7 



8 



12 



IS 



12 



14 



2 



10 



4 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 2 

 1 



Botanical. — For the sake of technical accuracy we give herewith, 

 so far as we can ascertain, the scientific names of our honey-plants 

 numbered to correspond to the above list. 1, Oxydendron arboreum; 

 2, Liriodendron tidipferaj 3, Trifolium sp.j 4, Ilex sp.; 5, Nyssa 

 sp.; 6, Diospyros virginiana; 1, Tilia sp.; 8, Ilex opaca; 9, Vac- 

 cinium sp. and Gaylussacia sp.; 10, Polygonum fagopyrum; 11, 



