_Raspberry_ (_Rubus_) May. China Berry, China Tree, or Pride of India (_Melia azedarach_) May. WHITE SAGE (_Ramona polystachya_ = _Audibertia polystachya_ of the Botany of California) (California) May-June. SOURWOOD, or SORREL TREE (_Oxydendrum arboreum_) May-June. SAW PALMETTO (_Serenoa serrulata_) (coasts of Georgia and Florida) May-June. HORSEMINT (_Monarda citriodora_) May-July. BANANA (_Musa sapientum_) May-Sept. LINDEN, or "LINN" (_Tilia americana_, _T. pubescens_, and _T. heterophylla_) June. _Bed Bay_ (_Persea borbonia_ = _P. carolinensis_ of Gray's Manual) June. Indian Corn (_Zea mays_) June-July. _Cucumber_, _Melon_, _Squash_, _Pumpkin_ (_Cucumis_, _Citrullus_, and _Cucurbita_) June-July. BLACKWOOD or BLACK MANGROVE (Aricennia nitida) (Florida) June-July. ALFALFA (_Medicago sativa_) June-Aug. MELILOT, BOKHARA, or SWEET CLOVER (_Melilotus alba_) June-Aug. COTTON (_Gossypium herbaceum_) June-Aug. WILD BUCKWHEAT (_Eriogonum fasciculatum_) (California) June-Oct. CABBAGE PALMETTO (_Sabal palmetto_) (coasts of South Carolina. Georgia, and Florida) July-Aug. _Japan_ or _Bush Clover_ (_Lespedeza striata_) Aug.-Sept. Bur Marigolds (_Bidens_, especially SPANISH NEEDLES, _Bidens bipinnata_) Aug.-frost. Wild Asters (_Aster_, especially HEATH-LIKE ASTER, _Aster ericoides_) Aug.-frost. Golden-rods (_Solidago_) Aug.-frost. BLUE GUM and RED GUM (_Eucalyptus globulus_ and _E. rostrata_) (California). Dec.-Mar. CHAPTER VII. =SPRING MANIPULATION.=