SOURCES OF HONEY 



Ebony (Zygia flexicaulis) , Southwest Texas not the 

 true ebony. 



Echinops spherocephalus, also E. ritro excellent plants 

 for introduction see CHAPMAN, H. P. 



Elms (Ulmus), of various species. Where plentiful the 

 elms are of considerable importance on account of their aid 

 in early brood-rearing. 



Eriobotrya Japonica loquat fruit of Japan ; excellent 

 honey-plant; Florida, Gulf Coast, California, Georgia, and 

 Arizona; known in some sections as Japan plum. 



Esparcette see SAINFOIN. 



False indigo (Amorpha fructicosa), Ohio, Pennsylvania; 

 south and west. 



Figwort (Scrofularia nodosa) see FIGWORT. 



Fire weed, or willow-herb, which see (Epilobium angusti- 

 folium), the great fire weed of the North; Ontario, Quebec, 

 Northern Michigan, and the Hudson Bay country. 



Fog-fruit (Lippia nodiflora), California (carpet- weed) ; 

 Texas and the West Indies; a great honey-plant, but little 

 known. See CARPET GRASS. 



Freesia refracta alba, an exquisite honey-plant grown in 

 California for its bulbs ; also in Florida and the Gulf Coast. 



Gallberry, or holly (Ilex glabra), south; important. 



Genip (Melicocca bijuga), in South Florida; heavy yieldei 

 where common. 



Germander, or wood-sage (Teucrium Canadense). 



Giant hyssop (Lophanthus) species, north and west. 



Gill-over-the-ground, or ground-ivy (Nepeta glechoma). 



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