288 August and September Plants. 



by drouth. This is an evergreen, and forms an 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. 158) 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. 

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



Fig. 159. 



Buckwheat. 



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 longer, has more numerous flowers, 

 and thus yields more grain than the common variety. 



Now come the numerous golden-rods . The species of the 

 genus Solidago (Fig. 160), in the Eastern United States, 

 number nearly two-score, and occupy all kinds of soils, and 



