Part 17

honey in Texas in quality. April.*

PARADISE FLOWER. CATSCLAW. DEVILS CLAWS. Acacia Greggii Gray.

Pulse family. Leguminosae.

"In dry or rocky soil, Texas, New Mexico." (Small). Floresville: All

over Southwest Texas. Honey yield very abundant, a main yielder of

fine quality honey. April.*

ROUND-FLOWERED CATSCLAW. Acacia Roemeriana Schlecht.

Pulse family. Leguminosae.

"Throughout Texas south of the Colorado and west to El Paso."

(Coulter). Hunter: in brushy woodlands; honey yield is heavy, of fine

quality, but plants not abundant. April and May.*

Acacia amentacea DC.

Pulse family. Leguminosae.

"From the Guadalupe to the lower Rio Grande and west to the Pecos."

(Coulter). Very plentiful throughout Southwest Texas, on prairies.

Honey yield of no importance. Bees gather pollen from it occasionally

in early summer.*

PLUM. Prunus domestica L.

Rose family. Rosaceae.

Hunter: in orchards and escaped. Honey yield good with "fruit

bloom." Helps to build up colonies of bees. February.*

WILD PLUM. Prunus (sp.)

Rose family. Rosaceae.

College Station: planted on campus. Honey yield good but of short

duration. March.*

PEACH. Amygdalus Persica L.

Rose family. Rosaceae.

"In waste places and cultivated grounds throughout the United