Charles Emerson Sanborn

“ Ebenaceae.
"A common tree of the Atlantic States. Extending Into Texas to the valley of the Colorado." (Coulter) . Throughout East Texas; honey yield good, not long and trees not abundant. Bell-shaped blossoms are protected in rain. April.*
CALIFORNIA PRIVET. Ligustrum vulgare L.
Olive family. Oleaceae.
"Thickets and on roadsides, Ontario to Pennsylvania and North Carolina." (Small) . Ornamental shrub cultivated for hedges, etc., honey yield good; flowering trees scarce, trimmed and kept down in hedges. April, May.* "A good flow at College Station in 1906." (E. Scholl) . ”

“ Cultivated in flower gardens. Honey yield not important and plants few. May.*
PEPPERGRASS. PEPPERWORT. Lepidium Virginicum L.
Mustard family. Cruciferae.
"In all situations, Quebec to Minnesota, Kansas, Florida, Texas and Mexico. Naturalized in Europe." (Small) . Found in all kinds of places; honey yield not important; some pollen. June to August.*
GREGGIA. Greggia camporum Gray.
Mustard family. Cruciferae.
"Mountains of Western Texas." (Coulter) . Honey yield early but not abundant; also pollen helps early brood rearing. ”

“ Rosaceae.
"A species of the Gulf States and extending to the lower Colorado in Texas." (Coulter) . College Station; in woodlands and creek banks; honey yield good, bees found busily on it; also pollen. April.*
CREPE MYRTLE. Lagerstroemia Indica L.
Loose strife family. Lythraceae.
"In waste places in and near gardens; widely cultivated and sparingly naturalized from Maryland, Florida and Texas." (Small) . Cultivated ornamental on campus; honey yield occasionally good and visited much by bees. ”

“ Hunter: open places in woodland bluffs; honey yield only light, but comes in dearth and good if rains; pollen. July, August.*
CROTON CAPITATUS MICHX.
Spurge family. Euphorbiaceae.
"From the Pecos to Southern and Central Texas." (Coulter) . Roadsides and prairies; unimportant; some pollen when no other bloom. July, September.* "Plenty of pollen at College Station in August, 1907." (E. Scholl) .
TEXAS CROTON. Croton Texensis Muell.
Spurge family. Euphorbiaceae.
"From the staked plains to Corpus Christi." (Coulter) . Hunter: roadsides and fields; honey yield very light, not important. ”

“ Cultivated in ornamental flower beds. Honey yield good as it comes during time when few others in bloom; also abundance of highly colored pollen, red, orange and yellows. June until frost.*
SALT CEDAR. Tamarix gallica L.
Tamarisc family. Tamariscineae.
"A common European Mediterranean shrub which seems to have escaped in many places in Texas." (Coulter) . "On roadsides, in thickets and waste places; warmer parts of Southern United States, naturalized from Southern Europe." (Small) . College Station; cultivated ornamental shrub bees worked well on it, but number of trees scarce. ”

“ Necklace poplar Cow itch Crepe myrtle Cucumber Cultivated wine grapes Cow pea Dandelion Dense-flowered phacelia Devils claws Dew-berry Dogwood family Drummond's skull-cap Dwarf sumach Ebony family Elder Evening primrose family Eysenhardtia French mulberry Fringed poppy mallow Garden pea Geranium family Goldenrod Goosefoot family Gourd family Grass family Granjeno Greater caltrop Great ragweed Green briar. ”

“ Sorghum vulgare Spiraea Virginiana Symphoricarpos symphorlcarpos Tagetes patalus Tamariscineae Tamarix gallica Taraxacum officinale Tilia Americana Tiliaceae Toxylon pomiferum Tradescantia gigantea Tribulus cistoides Trifolium pratense Trifolium repens Ulmus Americana Ulmus alata Ungnadia speciosa Urticaceae Verbenaceae Verbena urticaefolia Verbena xutha Verbesina Virginica Vigna sinensis (Var. ?) ”