378 Fall Honey Plants. 
impenetrable thicket on the muddy shores of the sea. It 
belongs to the same family as our verbenas—the vervain 
family. 
The true mangrove (Fig. 180) has yellow blossoms, and 
like the renowned Banyan tree, sends numerous stems to 
the earth, each of which takes root. This tree belongs to 
the mangrove family, and is Rhizophora mangle. 
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER PLANTS. 
The cultivated buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum (Fig. 
181), usually blooms in August, as it is sown the first of 
Fic. 182. 
Golden Rod, 
July—three pecks per acre is the amount to sow—but by 
sowing the first of June, it may be made to bloom the 
middle of July, when there is generally, in most localities, 
an absence of nectar-secreting flowers. The honey is 
inferior in color and flavor, though some people prefer this 
to all other honey. The silver-leaf buckwheat blooms 
