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THE beb-kbbpkr's guide : 



Rattleweed, as the seeds will rattle in the pod, and Carpenter's 

 Square, as it has a square stalk, is an insig'nificant looking' 

 weed, with inconspicuous flowers, that afl'ord abundant nectar 

 from the middle of July till frost. I have received almost as 

 many for identification as I have of the asters and goldenrods. 

 Prof. Beal remarked to me, years since, that it hardly seemed 

 possible that it could be so valuable. We can not always 

 rightly estimate by appearances alone. It is a very valuable 



Fig. 240. 



Chapman IIoney-Flant. — From A. I. Root Go. 



plant to be scattered in waste-places. The Chapman honey- 

 plant (Echiops sphaerocephalus), {Fig. 240), commences to bloom 

 late in July and continues till in August. We have many 

 better native plants, and as no plant can be profitably grown 

 for honey alone, we have no use for this foreigner. It takes 

 its first name from its spines, and the second from its round 

 floVer-head. 



