SOURCES OF HONEY 



is treated of in " Gleanings in Bee Culture." 

 "See" means the subject is treated of under 

 another name. 



Acacia dealbata, or sUver wattle; California, from Aus- 

 tralia; commercially important. 



Acacia decurrens, black wattle; California; similar to the 

 above. 



Acacia famesia (buisache); along the Rio Grande; much 

 grown in Europe as an ornamental plant. 



Acacia Oreggii (catclaw, or una de gato). Southwest Texas, 

 New Mexico, and Arizona — see Catclaw. 



Actinomeris squarrosa, golden honey-plant. 



Agave Ajnericana, pulque, centtjht plant; Mexico, 

 Southern United States. 



AguinaMo (Ipomea sidcefolia), Cuba — see Bellflower. 



Alders (Alnus). 



Alfilarila (Erodium cicittarium), or pin clover; Arizona 

 and California; an excellent honey and forage plant from 

 Europe — see " pin clover ' ' under head of Cloveh. 



Alfalfa, or lucern (Medicago sativa), see Alfalfa. 



Algarroba (Inga dulsis) and other species. 



Alsike or Swedish clover {Trifolium hyhridum) — see 

 Alsike Clover. 



Anchusa tinctoria, dye-plant. AU the anchusas are ex- 

 cellent bee-plants. 



ArUignon leptopus, Mexican rose, or coralita; California, 

 Florida, West Indies, and Mexico; an excellent honey-plant. 



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