46 BULLETIN 685, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTTJEE. 
Table XIV. — Principal plants furnishing nectar and pollen; average dates 
of beginning and ending of blooming periods — Continned. 
State. 
Shrubs— Contd. 
Miscellaneous. 
Sumac (Rhus). 
Raspberry (Rubu^ 
strigosus and 
other species). 
Buckwheat. 
Begin. 
End. 
Begin. 
End. 
Begin. 
End. 
Alabama 
ifississippi 
l/ouisiana 
Texas 
Arkansas 
.Tnnp. 2n 
Tnlv 
Montana 
Wvoming 
New Mexico 
Utah 
Nevada 
Idaho 
Washington 
California 
State. 
Miscellaneous — Continued. 
Fall flowers. 1 
Heartsease or 
heart- weed ( Polygo- 
num per sicaria). 
Begin. 
End. 
Begin. 
End. 
Aug. 20 
Oct. 1 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
Massachusetts 
Aug. 27 
Oct. 12 
Ehode Island 
Connecticut 
Sept. 3 
Aug. 27 
Sept. 1 
Aug. 25 
Sept. 28 
Sept. 28 
Oct. 5 
Oct. 4 
New York 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania 
1 Fall flowers, principally goldenrod and aster, former about a week earlier than latter. 
