AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



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Fig. ST. Wild lettuce is a tall growing plant. 



LIQUORICE (Glycyrrhiza lepidota). 



The wild liquorice is a plant of the pulse family occurring from Minne- 

 sota to Missouri and westward to Washington and Arizona. It is found 

 in Colorado and Wyoming at 4,000 to 8,000 feet altitude. It is reported as 

 quite abundant in places ;n Wyoming, and some year? as being a great 

 yielder of nectar. 



LIVE OAK, see Oak. 



LOCALITY. 



The plants which yield honey in surplus quantity are comparatively 

 few in number. In the average locality there will be only two or three 



