SOURCES OF HONEY 



Plums. All kinds of wild plums yield honey. 



Poinciana regia, Florida. 



Poplar, or white wood, which see (Liriodendron tulipifera) 



Poplar (Populus), south. 



Prairie clover (Petalostemon Candida), good in Texas. 



Protect mellifera alba, South Africa; a wonderful yielder 

 of honey. See NECTAR. 



Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo); cultivated; the original, 

 C. ovifera, runs wild in Texas. 



Rape (Brassica campestris). 



Raspberry (Rubus strigosus), Northern Michigan and 

 similar localities; R. idcesis, European raspberry, and R. 

 rosoefolius, Porto Rico and West Indies. 



Rattan (Berchemia scandens) ; Texas ; a heavy yielder. 



Rattlesnake root, or white lettuce (Nabalus altissimus). 



Rattle weed, or figwort, which see. 



Redbay (Per sea Carolinensis), south. 



Redbud, or Judas-tree (Cercis Canadensis). 



Red gum (Eucalyptus rostrata), California and native of 

 Australia. 



Rhododendron, species; rosebays, azaleas, species; and 

 sheep laurels, or mountain laurels; important in the moun- 

 tains of the South; known in England as American plants. 

 Rhododendron pontica was the source of the honey which 

 poisoned Xenophon's army of ten thousand. 



Rocky Mountain bee-plant, which see (Cleome integri- 

 folia). 



Royal palm (Oreodoxa regia) , Florida, Cuba, and Porto Rico 

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