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The Original Royal Palm in Hawaii. 



other purposes, especially by the poorer classes of the island. 

 The outer portion of the trunk is used for boards, posts, poles and 

 piles, and the leaves for thatching roofs. The economic uses of 

 the royal palm are greater than those of any other tree in the 

 West Indies. 



The royal palm came to Hawaii 22 years later than the alga- 

 roba and the first tree, planted in Honolulu in 1850, is still grow- 

 ing thriftily and is the first palm on the right hand side of the 

 front entrance to the yard of Mr. S. A. Baldwin at 1936 Nuuanu 



