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PASTURAGE AND OVEESTOCKIXG. 



706. We here present a list of the flowers known as 

 beint; visited by the bees for their nectar or for their pollen. 

 We have grouped them in Families, and we give engravings 

 of some of their most prominent types, m order to help the 

 Apiarist in his investigation. But our list is far from being 

 icomjpjete. 



Fig. 163. 



PERSICARIA^ COMMONLY CALLED "HEARTSEASE." 



(From Forty Years Among the Bees.) 



Composiiac-— Dandelion, Thistle, Chamomile, Sunflower, 

 'Ox-eye Daisy, Goldenrod (Fig. 164), Coreopsis, Lettuce, 

 Chicory, Boneset, Iron-weed, Indian Plantain, Fire-weed, 

 Aster (figures 165, 166), Burr-Marigold, Spanish Needles, 



