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California and yields nothing in the northern part of the State. 
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover). A highly flavored honey. 
Plant readily eaten by stock on dry ranges. A large producer of 
honey and blooms all summer in California. M. cocrulea, a 
European sweet clover. Blooms in June and July and is a fair 
honey plant. Not as readily eaten by stock as M. alba. M. 
uiacrostachys, a sweet clover with a white bloom, flowers from 
May to July, very good for both nectar and' pollen, but requires 
fairly good soil. Air. Rankin believes that this species of sweet 
clover would be more adapted to Hawaii than to California. M. 
iudicus, a yellow sweet clover closely related to M. cocrulca. 
Tri folium tridentatuni (clover). A good range plant in the Cali- 
fornia foothills, is a great sheep plant and a fine honey producer, 
does not require a great amount of soil, blooms during March 
and April. T. varicgatum grows in moist places, a fine feed' and 
a large honey producer, blooms during March, April and May. 
T. depaupcratuni, found in the foothills and valleys on the ranges, 
blooms in March and April. T. albopurpureum, yields only in 
bright weather, found in foothills and valleys, blooms in March 
and April. 
Hosackia sp. (clover). A foothill, dry-land, grazing plant. 
Bees do not work on this plant in California, but Mr. Rankin 
believes it would be a good forage plant for our dry districts and 
would produce nectar under our conditions of climate. 
Mcdicago dcnticulata (California burr-clover), a good bee 
plant found on the ranges, readily eaten by stock. M. orbicularis, 
a burr-clover that has no spines on the burrs, seeds as well as 
plant eaten by stock, is a fine bee plant and better than the Cali- 
fornia burr-clover. 
Lupins (blue and yellow). Yellow found in sandy places, 
blue requires a good silt soil. Good bee plants. 
Lipia re pens (carpet grass, but not the California carpet grass.) 
A fine bee plant and readily eaten by sheep, hogs and poultry, 
used as a lawn plant in Southern California, stands tramping and 
is hard to eradicate, practically an arid plant, but water increases 
bloom, blooms from April to September. 
Romneya coulteri (poppy), a weed in dry places. Excellent 
for pollen. 
Manzanita (California shrub), grown 10 feet in height in bar- 
ren places on mountains ,is an early honey producer and gives 
shade for sheep. 
Lathy r us tingitauus (Tangier pea). A good forage plant and 
yields quite an amount of honey. 
Erodium cicutarium and E. moschatum (Alfilaria or Filaree). 
Good bee plants in fertile soil and with moisture. Bloom from 
March to April. 
Horehound. Widely distributed. Honey is amber in color 
and of decided horehound flavor. Seeds objectionable on sheep 
ranges. 
