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AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



There are manj- different species of hawthorn, or haw, some of which 

 occur in Europe and Asia, as well as in North America. On this continent 

 some species are common from Canada to Alexico and west to the treeless 



Fig. OS). The hawthorn blooms abundantly and yields nectar freely. 



plains. Scholl reports the wliite thorn (Crataegus spathulata) as valuable 

 for both honey and pollen in Texas, where it Iilooms in April. There are 

 about 25 species of these trees within the United States, and all may be 

 regarded as valuable sources of honey where they are sufficiently plentiful. 



