Composite family. Compositae. "Moist river banks throughout Eastern and Central Texas." (Coulter). College: in low moist creeks and along Brazos river. Honey yield not important, but yields much pollen. July and August.* COCKLE-BURR. CLOT BURR. Xanthium Canadense Mill. Composite family. Compositae. "Alluvial shores and waste ground." (Coulter). Hunter: along creeks, in pastures and fields; not important; furnishes pollen late in the fall. September, October.* CONE FLOWER. NIGGER HEAD. Rudbeckia hirta L. Composite family. Compositae. "Dry and open ground throughout Texas." (Coulter). Waysides and prairies; of no importance; bees gather propolis from resinous heads sometimes. May, June.* CONE FLOWER. NIGGER HEAD. Rudbeckia bicolor Nutt. Composite family. Compositae. "Pine woods or sandy soil, Eastern and Southern Texas." (Coulter). "In woods and sandy soil, Arkansas to Alabama and Texas." (Small). Waysides and prairies; of no importance; bees gather propolis from resinous heads sometimes. May, June.* COMMON SUNFLOWER. Helianthus annuus L. Composite family. Compositae. "Abundant in all valleys." (Coulter). Hunter: along roadsides and in waste fields. Honey yield sometimes good in the fall but strong in flavor. Much propolis gathered from the large composite heads of the flower and stems and leaves of the plant. May, September.* VIRGINIAN CROWN-BEARD. Verbesina Virginica L. Composite family. Compositae. "Rich dry soil from the Mississippi and Gulf States through Texas to Mexico." (Coulter). In rich soils, lowlands and woodlands; honey yield very abundant, depending upon seasons; fine quality of honey. October.* SNEEZE WEED. BITTER WEED. Helenium tenuifolium Nutt. Composite family. Compositae. "River bottoms, etc., extending from the Gulf and Mississippi States to Western Texas." (Coulter). College: abundant on open woodland prairies and plains of Eastern Texas. Honey yield good in favorable seasons; pollen; honey golden yellow, heavy body but very bitter, as if 50 per cent quinine and some pepper was added. June to October.* MARIGOLD. Gaillardia pulchella Foug. Composite family. Compositae. "Extending from plains of Arkansas and Louisiana through Texas to those of Arizona and Mexico." (Coulter). Hunter: waysides and prairies. Honey yield of good quality, dark amber colored. A main yielder of surplus. May, June.* BLUE THISTLE. Cnicus altissimus Willd. Composite family. Compositae. "Borders of woods and open ground. Common in the Atlantic States and extending into Texas." (Coulter). Hunter: scattered over open prairies; honey yield unimportant; some pollen. July, August.* "Bees working heavily on it in June, 1907 along Guadalupe River, New Braunfels, Texas, where some of the pastures were literally covered with it." (E. Scholl). AMERICAN KNAPWEED. Centaurea Americana Nutt. Composite family. Compositae.