248 XATIRAL HISTORY OF HAWAII. 



perhaps a half-dozen or more of these South Anieriean shnihs from which several 

 varieties have been propagated. The iiMine was uiven in honor of Houiiain- 

 ville, an early French navigator. 



Aliamand.v. 



The Allamanda, with two or three species, one of which ^i is a eonspieiions 

 vine especially common about verandas, is easily recognized by its thick, green 

 leaves and large, fragrant yellow Mowers tliat arc always blooming. Another 

 favorite i.s the trumpet-creeper or tire-craeker vine.-- Its orange-red flowers 

 are the color of living flame of varying shades and tints. When in blossom 

 (and it blossoms for weeks at a time), the green of its foliage is often completel.y 

 hidden from view, and the jHireh, barn or out-building over which it runs is a 

 magnificent show of flowers. 



(>thI';k Vines and Shrubs. 



A favorite especially suitetl to stone walls and to some extent as a climber 

 in trees, is the Bignonia or bird-claw vine.--' The Bishop Museum is literallx 

 overrun with this rich, glossy-green climber, ;ind at cei-tain seasons the beautiful 

 yellow blossoms transform its otherwise uninteresting e.xterior into a palace of 

 gold. The ma.s.ses of this flowering vine as they hang pendant from the tallest 

 trees about the city produce a vision of airy, golden loveliness that lingers long in 

 the mind's eye. More prized perhaps than any of the foregoing, but unfortu- 

 nately less common, is the Stephanotis,-"' known as "Kaiulani's flower." Its 

 fragrant white blossoms at certain seasons transform the trellises of the c\U- into 

 veritable banks of simw. With the Stephanotis will often be seen a fragrant 

 climber, known as the wax-plant,-"' so n;;nic(l on ai'-.-uunt of the thick, waxy 

 leaves and wax-like star-shai)ed flowers. 



Here and there in old gardens one sees various species of Convolvulus, giv- 

 ing a tducli (if the familiar morning-glory blue to the scene, or, with as much ease 

 a dasli of yellow -'• from India and the Orient. The pretty climbing Jlexican 

 creeper or mountain rose,-^ "Rosa de la Montana de Mexico," with its delicate 

 sprays of pink l)lossoms, and the more obscure though wonderfully fragrant 

 Chinese violet -"^ with greenish .\ellow blossoms, are bnHi always in evidence. 



Several species of jasmine arc comnion. The beautiful climbing snow- 

 white-" is a favorite, as is the |ii'r|)cl ually lilii(imin<4 .\raliian jasmiiu'.-''" with 

 handsome white flowers that tui'u pui'plc as they die The bcnutifid purple 

 wreath ■■■' is one of the most sti'iking of the rarer cliiiilicrs; llic tive-|i(iintcd 

 deep-lilac flowers hang in graceful racemes and come inio lull bloom in April 

 and May, lasting several weeks. 



i\Iore conspicuous and trojiical than ;my of the foregoing ai'c the several 

 species of arboreal |ilants wiHi laruc fuliagc leaves, the niunber of which 

 growing in Honolulu is too great to receive more than i)assing notice here. The 



■'^ Allamanda cittlniilica. -- Hii/iiaina i.iii/.s7,;, '■' l!i,iiii,nui i/i,,./i.v .vid 



"^ JJoya carnosa. "'' Ipaemoea, chrytn'ich-s. -' A ntii/aiian U'ptojjuft. 



*** Jasminum ffrandifiormn. J** Jasminum Satiihiir. ■" Petrea volubilis 



