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AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



Stachys ajugoides. 

 Stachys albens. 

 Veronica andersonii. 



Common plantain (Plantego major). 

 Wild honeysuckle (Lonicera). 

 Blue elderberry (Sambucus glauca). 



Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), Encelia californica, Eriophyllum con- 

 fertiflorum, Heterotheca grandiflora, Malacothris saxatilis. 



Common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus, Sonchus maruanthus). 



— M. C. Richter, Bulletin 217, Agricultural Experiment Station, Cal. 



CALIFORNIA POPPY, see Poppy. 



CAMPANILLA (Ipomoea). 



The campanillas, or Christmas bells, are plants similar to our American 

 morning-glory, which are common to Cuba and adjacent countries. The 

 vines are perennial and grow to considerable size, covering wayside fences, 

 trees, etc. The name Christmas bells, applied to white bellflower, comes 



ig. oj. Catalpa blossoms. 

 from the fact that the height of the blooming period is reached near the 

 holiday season. There are two species, known as white campanilla (Ipo- 

 moea sidaefolia), and the i)ink bellflower (Ipomoea triloba).. The latter 

 blooms a month or two before the white variety. 



The honey, according to Root's ABC, is equal to alfalfa or sage in 

 color and flavor, the comb built during a campanilla flow being pearly 

 white and the wa-x, when melted, as white as tallow. 



