AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



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In Richter's "Honey Plants of California" I find reference to numer- 

 ous localities where surplus has been secured from the willows. It is said 

 to be "a dark amber and bitter honey." In a few other southern localities 

 surplus yields from willow are reported. The flowers on one tree will 

 be staminate and on another pistillate. Unlike most plants, the organs of 

 both sexes are not found on the same plant. 



Fig. 149. The pussy willow is one of the first trees to bloom in the Nort'.- 



WILLOW HERB, see Fireweed. 



WINTER HUCKLEBERRY, see Farkle-Berry. 



WISCONSIN— Honey Flora of. 



The more important honey plants of Wisconsin, named in the order 

 they bloom, are: Dandelion, May 1 to June 1; white and alsike clover, 

 furnishing most of the surplus honey, June 1 to August 1 ; basswood or 

 linden, July 1 to July 20; sweet clover, July 15 to August 15; willow herb, 

 or fireweed, buckwheat, goldenrod, Spanish needle, asters and many fall 

 .flowers, in late summer and fall. — N. E. and L. V. France, Bulletin 264, 

 Agr. Ex. Sta. Wisconsin. 



