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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. i8o) 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. 



Th€ cultivated buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum (Fig. 

 i8i), usually blooms in August, as it is sown the first of 



Fig. 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 



