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tralian iron- wood ; Macadamia ternifoUa, Queensland nut tree, leaves 

 prickly, like holly ; Piper nigrum, black pepper, a vine very much like 

 the Betel pepper in appearance ; Areca alba ( Dictyosperma alba), closely 

 resembling the betel-nut palm, Areca catechu; Areca rubra (Dictyo- 

 sperma rubra), similar to the preceding but with reddish foliage. 



Mr. Haughs also gave me a supply of seed of Eucalyptus robusta, or 

 "swamp mahogany;" Eucalyptus citriodora, called "lemon gum" on 

 account of its fragrant leaves ; Grevillea robusta, the " silk-bark oak " 

 of Australia ; and Gasuarina equisetifolia. Professor William T. Brig- 

 ham, Director of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, gave me seed of 

 the beautiful, fragrant, blue-flowered water lily, Gastalia scutifolia; Mrs. 

 Ellen Riemenschneider gave me growing plants of Antigonon leptopus 

 and a yellow-flowered Bignonia ; Mrs. Belle Fuller Jones, seed from a 

 thornless Algaroba (Prosopis julifiora), an accidental variety, growing 

 in the grounds of her Honolulu home; and Doctor Alvarez, several 

 pods of "St. John's bread" (Geratonia siliqua). 



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[Note. — These plants began to grow vigorously, but some of them 

 were killed by a severe hurricane which ^asited the island later. Among 

 them were a number of species already established on the island : Gas- 

 sia fistula, Mangifera Indica, Poinciana regia, Terminalia catappa, Theo- 

 broma cacao, Cordia suhcordata, and Gasuarbia equisetifolia. I planted 

 an avenue of palms composed of the Oreodoxa I'egia, Livistonia Ghinen- 

 sis and Seaforthia elegans from the street to the door of the church, but 

 they were killed by the hurricane, whether by the blasting wind or the 

 excessive rain-fall I do not know. Plants of the alHgator pear (Persea 

 gratissima) raised by me from seeds met with a similar fate. Macadamia 

 ternifoUa, Lauras campJiora and Geratonia siliqua did not thrive. I left 

 two good plants of Haematoxylon campecliianwn growing on the hill 

 above San Ramon, to the left of the road to Sinahana.] 



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Called on Father Palomo, the parish priest, and found him to be a 

 man of refinement and breeding. He speaks English and French very 

 well and is familiar with the classics of our language as well as with 

 the principal Spanish, French, and Latin writers. I was surprised to 

 find a native so highly accomplished. As a young man he studied with 

 the parish i^riest, perfected his English and French by conversation with 

 visitors to the island, and went to Manila, where after a course of study 

 he was ordained to the priesthood. His mother was a descendant of 

 Don Luis Torres, the Sargento Mayor of whom Kotzebue, Freycinet, 

 Gaudichaud, and Dumont d'Urville speak with great respect in the nar- 

 ratives of their travels. Employed Jose de Torres as my secretary. 

 He will help me in my botanical collecting and in copying from the 

 archives of the government, in which there is much of historic and 

 economic interest. 



