Cultivated in orchards; good for pollen. April, May.* MOUNTAIN GRAPE. Vitis monticola Buckley. Vine family. Ampelidaceae. "Peculiar to the hilly limestone regions of Western Texas, not extending to the low country nor to the granite mountains." (Coulter.) Hunter: in woods and forests; honey yield fairly good and pollen valuable for brood rearing. March.* COW ITCH. Cissus incisa Desmoul. Vine family. Ampelidaceae. "In shady places from the Colorado to the Rio Grande and westward. An ornamental vine known as "Yerba del buey." (Coulter). Hunter: along fences and edge of thickets; honey yield keeps bees out of mischief during dearth. Surplus where plentiful. April, to August.* SOAPBERRY. WILD CHINA. Sapindus marginatus Willd. Soapberry family. Sapindaceae. "Common along creeks throughout Texas from Louisiana to New Mexico and Mexico. Smaller west of the Colorado river." (Coulter). Along rivers and creeks and sometimes along uplands; honey yield good, heavy flow in favorable seasons gives surplus. June.* Evergreen shrub, blooms in April; yields quantities of honey and pollen where enough bushes." (Milam, Uvalde). COMMON BALLOON VINE. Cardiospermum Halicacabum L. Soapberry family. Sapindaceae. "Guadalupe to Rio Grande." (Coulter). "In thickets and waste places New Jersey, Missouri, Florida, Texas and tropical America; summer and fall." (Small). Hunter: in creek bottoms; honey yield fair but plants not abundant. April, July.* MEXICAN BUCKEYE. Ungnadia speciosa Endl. Soapberry family. Sapindaceae. "Common along rocky valleys and in the mountains from the Valley of the Trinity through Western Texas to New Mexico." (Coulter). Hunter: "mountainous woodlands. Honey yield good in dearth but not plentiful. July." DWARF SUMACH. Rhus copallina L. Sumach family. Anacardiaceae. "A sumach of the Atlantic States extending through Eastern and Southern Texas to the Rio Grande." (Coulter). Hunter: small shrubby tree rocky hillsides and woodland prairies. Honey yield good giving surplus in favorable seasons depending upon rains. Reported as a honey plant in most of the beekeepers reports received. August.* GREEN SUMACH. Rhus virens Lindh. Sumach family. Anacardiaceae. "From the Colorado to the Rio Grande and westward." (Coulter). In stony, hilly woodlands. Bees are some seasons busy on it. October.* BLUE LUPINE. BLUEBONNET. Lupinus subcarnosus Hook. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "Common lupine of Southern and Western Texas, 'covering fertile slopes with a carpet of purple blue.' (Harvard), as early as March." (Coulter). Hunter: places in open woodlands. Honey yield good; also pollen of very bright and orange colors. March, April.* ALFALFA OR LUCERNE. Medicago sativa L. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "An extensively cultivated forage plant which has long been an introduced plant in Southern and Western Texas." (Coulter). Cultivated