AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



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LADIES' EAR DROPS, see Brunnichh 

 LADY'S THUMB, see Heartsease. 

 LAMBKILL, see Laurel. 



L^ep laurel, or lambk: 



LAUREL (Kalmia). 



The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), also known as calico-bush or 

 spoon-wood and in the Southern States as poison ivy, is a common shrub 

 occurring in the higher altitudes from New England and Ontario south to 

 the Gulf States. It is widely credited as being the source of poisonous 

 honey. (See Poisonous Honey). The sheep laurel or lambkill (Fig. 86) is 

 d closely related species which occurs from Newfoundland and west to 

 Michigan and south to north Georgia. They are shrubs with showy flow- 

 ers which are not often reported as important honey plants. In some 

 places, hillsides are covered with the mountain laurel, which makes a 



