276 June Plants. 



triacanthos (Fig. 148), are now full of life, as the bees come 

 and go full-loaded with nectar. In California, the fig-wort, 



Fig. 147. 



Partridge Pea. 



Serophularia Galiforniea, contributes to the honey supply. 

 Our brothers of the South reap a rich harvest from the great 

 staple, cotton, Gossypium herbaceum (Fig. 149), which com- 

 mences to bloom early in June, and remains in blossom even 

 to October. This belongs to the same family — Mallow — as 

 the hollyhock, and like it blooms and fruits through the sea- 

 son. 



The Cow pea (Fig. 124) is not only good for bees, but for 

 feed, and to enrich the soil. The Stone Crop, Sedum pulchel- 

 lum, is another valuable honey plant of the South. Tn Jurifi 

 the Magnolias (Fig, 150) — there are several species in the 

 ISouth— are in bloom. In many parts they commence to blo»- 



