SOURCES OF HONEY 



Ebony (Zygia flexicaulis). Southwest Texas — not the 

 true ebony. 



Echinops spherocephalixs, also E. ritro — excellent plants 

 for introduction — see Chapman, H. P. 



Elms (Ulrrms), 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 Figwoht. 



Fireweed, or willow-herb, which see {Epilohium angusti- 

 folium), the great fireweed 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 refracla 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 yielder 

 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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