Inventory 64, Seeds and Plants Innported. 



PLATE II. 



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A Hawaiian Hibiscus That Should Be Widely Cultivated. (Hibiscus 



BRACKENRIDGEI A. GRAY, S. P. I. NO. 50693.) 



The deep canary-yellow flowers of this exceedingly rare Hibiscus are 6 inches across. Only a few 

 wild plants are m existence Cone is shown in Plate I ), and the species seems not to have found its 

 way into American horticulture, although Hillebrand called attention to the possibiUties of its 

 culture more than 30 years ago. (Photographed bv J. F. Rock, Oahu. Hawaii. March, 191S: 

 P27004FS.) 



