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Nueces River. (Cotulla). June.*

MEXICAN PERSIMMON. Diospyros Texana Scheele.

Ebony family. Ebenaceae.

"Woods along streams, Matagorda Bay to the Concho River and

southward." (Coulter). "Mexicans call it "Chapote," also known as

"black persimmon." Often found on rocky mesas but thrives best in

canyons and on the edges of ravines." (Harvard). Hunter: in woodlands:

honey yield abundant, not harmed by showers on account of bell-shaped

flowers. April.*

PERSIMMON (COMMON). Diospyros Virginiana L.

Ebony family. Ebenaceae.

"A common tree of the Atlantic States. Extending Into Texas to the

valley of the Colorado." (Coulter). Throughout East Texas; honey yield

good, not long and trees not abundant. Bell-shaped blossoms are

protected in rain. April.*

CALIFORNIA PRIVET. Ligustrum vulgare L.

Olive family. Oleaceae.

"Thickets and on roadsides, Ontario to Pennsylvania and North

Carolina." (Small). Ornamental shrub cultivated for hedges, etc.,

honey yield good; flowering trees scarce, trimmed and kept down in

hedges. April, May.* "A good flow at College Station in 1906." (E.

Scholl).

SILVER BERRY. Elaeagnus argentia, Pursh.

Oleaster family. Elaeagnaceae.

College Station; cultivated ornamental on campus. Honey yield

abundant in narrowly funnel-shaped blossoms hanging downward. Nectar

runs to mouth of flower. Protected from rains. Corolla

8mm. deep. Long-tongue bees would be of advantage. October, November.*