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XATIK'Ah IllS'i'oin' OK ii.\\v.\ri. 



Minn ill I Idiinliilii j^iirdciis. 'I'lic iijilivcs liiid iikiiiv iisrs I'm- il 1li;i1 iiiiisl he incii- 

 lidiH'il clscw licrc. Its Icjivcs afc iirtii-lcs nl' dnilv iisr, li(i\vr\cr. i-s|i(M-i,-ill y ;is a 

 wrapiiiii'j I'nr I'rcsli lisli in llii' niark-rts. 



Slill aiiMthiT slinili thai is a lavdritc I'di- liccljcs in tlir city is t lir licaiil i I'lilly 

 \ai ir-ali'i| I 'li iillii ill li lis rasi ii-pirl lis. Tlir lca\rs aiT small, alliTnatc, and cntirr 

 ill l\\(i niws cm small liranc-ldcts, so that tlic.\ appi^ar like pinnate leases. 'I'liey 

 \';ir\' in edior, lieiii:^' varimisly niuttled with pink and i-ed as well as witli while 

 and erei'ii 



.Most III' Hawaii's visilnrs \\ Iki enme rnmi miilhern eliines I'di- llieir lirsl visit 

 to the Iropies are ;;i-eatly surprised to liiid the ( Ijeaiider,""' \ai'iiiiisl\ I'ailed nise- 

 liay, ruse laurel nr Smith Sea ruse, 'jriiw inii in lieantirnl e\-er lihiiiiiiiiiL; hedges 

 ten 111 twenty I'eet ill lieieht. 'I'liis (ilil rashiiiiied e\'er<_;reen sliriili, sii emninmi as a 

 hut limise pant, linn rislies here with Imt little eare and lihissnms in varidiis 

 shades III' pink, white and cream enlnr. It is imt generally kiinwn that all pans 



id' the (deaiider ;iri' pdisdiimis, and that there are aiitheiitii' reedrds id' | pie 



wild have died rrmii ejitini;- the lldwci's; death has also deenrreil rriim iisiiii;' its 

 wcidd as skewers in endkinu meat. 



.\ lieaiit i I'll! tree Irecpieiity seen ill Liardens alidiit the islands is Ideally 

 kiidwii as the '■ hestill tree," dwiiiti l" I he Taet that its lai-ev, slender, daiiitil\ 

 pdised, shinine '.jreeil leases are set ill nidtidii li.\ the slightest lil'ee/,e. It is alsd 

 called the yellow Oleander, mi acciMint of its enidcii, runnel shaped {lowers that 

 are flirt her characterized li\' hasiiiL;' the cdec of the corolla made up of a S(U'ies 

 of o\'cr kappinu hilics. The lluwers and the I'dliaec sneecst the typical Oleander — 

 Id which il is distantly rcl.atcd and makes the name not inappropriate c\'cii 

 Ihoinjli il is not a true Siriiiiii. This common specii^s ( Tin n In inriifnl in } is else- 

 where known as tlii' ipiashy-ipiasher, and is widely distrilmtcd in I he tropics, 

 particularly in the West Indies and tnipical .\iiierica. The wudd is hard and 

 (■Vi>n-L;raiiied, and its seeds yield the lixcd oil I'alli'd c\ile-dil. The t;cniis lieldiii^s 

 to the '_:rc;it iirdcr .\ jini iiiim i n . which inclmles in its iiiimcrdiis ti'ihes siiidi wcll- 

 kiidwii and w idel\ di rferini;' drnainental plants as the \'inca. ()leaiidi'r, .\lla- 

 inan<la. and the riiiinici'ia. 



l*.\Nn.\Nrs. 



Sex'ci'al spi'cics cd' I'aiidaiins (ir screw pine aiv round ei'owiiii;-, in old L;'ar- 

 delis, Nome roriiis attaiiiine ercat size. They are reniarkalile Tor their stilt like 

 ai'i'ial roots, and the pcrlVcl spir.al arrannvnieiil of their Imiu swurd like lea\'cs. 

 which are held ahd't mi ;i few scarivd, naked liramdies. The aeri.al roots L:r;idii- 

 ;illy lilt the trunk lint of the .jroiiiid. Imt at the same time anchur il lirmly in all 

 direct inns. Two specii's are coinnidii, diic dl' which is a xaricuati'd I'lirni. There 



is iidl sp,- here td i^d ileeply iiitii the ipicstinn of \aricties, I'lii- there .are as many 



as lirt,\ s| ies known ami many ok them -.wv in cull i\at ion in llonoliilii i;ardens. 



The splendid speciineiis of Hercules' cliili, or anuelica tree,'''' commonly 



1 tirriim Ohavdei: •'" .1 riiliii «;/i 



