Cultivated in Apiary Experimental plats; no bees on it; other plants in bloom. June, August.* GARDEN PEA. Pisum sativum L. Pulse family. Leguminosae. Hunter: cultivated widely; honey yield unimportant, some pollen; not visited much by bees. March, April.* RED BUD. Cercis occidentalis Torr. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "Far Western and North Mexican species extending into Western Texas." (Coulter). Aids early brood rearing. March.* RED BUD. JUDAS TREE. Cercis Canadensis L. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "In rich soil Ontario to Minnesota, New Jersey, Florida and Texas." (Small). Hunter: in woodlands. Honey yield fair, aiding in early brood rearing. March, April.* RETAMA. Parkinsonia aculeata L. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "Throughout Southern and Western Texas." (Coulter). In sandy soils and low swamps. Blooms spring and throughout summer; bees work on it more or less all summer. May, Sept.* HONEY LOCUST. Gleditschia triacanthos L. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "An Atlantic species extending at least to the Valley of the Brazos river and common in cultivation." (Coulter). College Station: Along ravines and valleys; very heavy honey yield but of short duration. April.* MEZQUIT TREE. SCREW BEAN. Prosopis juliflora DC. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "The chief woody plant of the wooded table-lands and high valleys throughout southern and western Texas, often forming impenetrable thickets." (Coulter) Hunter: throughout the black land prairies; honey yield abundant, main source in State, good light honey. April, and again in June.* Neptunia lutea Benth. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "In Eastern and Southern Texas, extending as far up the Rio Grande as Eagle Pass." (Coulter). College, open prairies; not plentiful, bees rarely found on it; some pollen. May.* SENSITIVE BRIAR. Schrankia angustata Torr. and Gray. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "Found in Texas as far as San Diego and probably in the San Antonio region." (Coulter). Hunter: open prairies; honey yield not important; plants scarce; pollen. April to September.* HUISACHE. Acacia Farnesiana Willd. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "From San Antonio to the Gulf Coast and lower Rio Grande." (Coulter). Very plentiful in richer soil of Southwest Texas; honey yield good for stimulating early brood rearing; also pollen. February, April.* HUAJILLI. Acacia Berlandiera Benth. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "From the Nueces to the Rio Grande and west to Devil's River. Common on the bluffs of the lower Rio Grande." (Coulter). On dry and rocky hills in solid masses generally. Honey yield very heavy and main surplus in Southwest Texas; fine quality, white; considered the best honey in Texas in quality. April.* PARADISE FLOWER. CATSCLAW. DEVILS CLAWS. Acacia Greggii Gray. Pulse family. Leguminosae. "In dry or rocky soil, Texas, New Mexico." (Small). Floresville: All