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May Honey Plants. 



kinds of trees, the pistillate and the staminate, thronged 

 with bees the past season. The willow, too, from its ele- 

 gant form and silvery foliage, is one of our finest shade 

 trees. It grows everywhere in the United States. 



Fig. 148. 



Su^ar Maple, 



In the south of Michigan, and thence southward to Ken- 

 tucky, and even beyond, the Judas tree, or red-bud, Cercis 

 Canadensis (Fig. 147), is not only worthy of cultivation as 

 a honey plant, but is also very attractive, and well deserv- 



