AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 

 SUGAR GUM, see Eucalyptus. 



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SWEET CLOVER (Melilotus). 



There are probably twenty species of melilotus native to the temper- 

 ale regions of Europe and western Asia. Several have been introduced 



Fig. 132. Blossoms of white sweet cl 



{Melilot} 



into America. Of these, two species, the white sweet clover (Melilotus 

 alba) and the yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) are valuable 

 plants and are widely distributed. The yellow variety blooms about two 

 weeks earlier than the white and where both are present a long honey 

 flow may be expected. 



Sweet clover reaches the highest development in the secretion of nec- 

 tar in the hot, dry summer climate of the plains region between the Missis- 



