the common or vernacular names, and the second contains the latin or technical names. The latter is complete, since some plants are known only by the technical appellation. ***** TRIPLE-LEAFED BARBERRY. Berberis trifoliata Moric. Barberry family. Berberideae. "On gravelly slopes and foothills from the Gulf coast to the Limpia mountains." (Coulter). Hunter, gravelly hills; honey yield abundant, also pollen; fine for early brood rearing. January and February.* PRICKLY POPPY. Argemone platyceras (Link. and Otto.) Poppy family. Papaveraceae. "Abundant in valleys and along dry hillsides." (Coulter). Roadsides, waste fields and prairies. Honey yield unimportant, but abundance of pollen during the dearth of summer. May and July.* "This plant is abundant along the Brazos valley. Bees work heavily on it in June, carrying heavy loads of pollen, which they store in nearly every comb, thus making it disagreeable in the honey combs sometimes." (E. Scholl). POPPY. Papaver rhoeas L. Poppy family. Papaveraceae. 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. Hunter; waste fields and fertile prairies. Honey yield early, but not abundant; also pollen; helps early brood rearing. February.* COMMON TURNIP. Brassica rapa L. Mustard family. Cruciferae. Cultivated and sometimes escaped; bees work on the blossoms, honey and pollen. June and July.* BLACK MUSTARD. Brassica nigra Koch. Mustard family. Cruciferae. Cultivated and escaped; bees sometimes busy on it. June and July.* MIGNONETTE. Reseda odorata L. Mignonette family. Resedaceae. College: cultivated on Apiary Experimental plats. Honey yield good; plants not plentiful enough for surplus. June and July.* PORTULACA. Portulaca grandiflora Hook. Purslane family. Portulaceae. 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. May and June.* FRINGED POPPY MALLOW. Callirrhoe digitata Nutt.