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Fig. 127. (From L’Apicoltore.) 
YELLOW OR OFFICINAL MELILOT. 
ands and marshy places, give a very abundant honey-crop 
in the latter part of the Summer. They form the bulk of 
what is called the ‘‘ Fall crop ’’ in this latitude. 
In California the sage, in Texas the horse-mint, in Flor- 
ida the mangrove, form the main honey-harvests of those 
countries. 
706. We here present a list of the flowers known ag 
being visited by the bees for their nectar or for their pollen. 
We have grouped them in Families, and we give engravings 
of their most prominent types, in order to help the Apiarist 
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