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(■.-illcd Ariiliii, arc ulti'ii aiiimiL; the iiMirc shnwy plaiils aliout liousfs and on lawns. 

 AiKilhcr spccirs ■■' has wliilc niari:ins t<i all llir lra\cs and is nnii'h cslrcnicd and 

 used as a (|nii-k-i;r(i\vinL; licdi:!'. The candinl lea l'-s1alks of angelica an' not an 

 nnconnnon coiirci'l ion. 



Tlir riunioria •'- is a favorite, especially with the nativrs, and few ol' thrir 

 uai-driis an' without one or- more of tliese cufious plants. h'l'oiii the whitc-and- 

 yollow llo\M'i-s they arc ai'cnstouicd to make Icis (wfcalhs) that rival in sweetness 

 the Jasmine or the tiilierose. 'riioni;!! thcN' ma\- lie unsiizhtly in appearance 

 lor a liionlh or two. when tlic h'aves drop I'rom theii- thick, eliih like sli'ins. they 

 make amph' atonement lor this dercct dni-iiii: the I'cst of Ihe >('ar when I hey ai-e 

 liedeeked willi a profusion of rii'li-eoliu'ed, slai'-shaped, sweet-seented blossoms. 

 The i;vnus was named for a ech'lirated French liotauist, Charles I'lumier, and 

 includes ahont forty species, three or four id' which are i;row n in Hawaii. 



Kkuns. 



.MthoUL^h ferns ahoinid iu cvci'y garden, tlu'i-e arc Imt few that helonc- to 

 the native llora. Perhaps the curio\is hird's-nest fei-n ■'■' or ckalia, is tiie most 

 couspieuons (d' this class. it stands out boldly Mii'ainst the back'.:round. formed 

 by the trunk id' the tree in the fork (d' which it is (■stablished and is cd'tcu live or 

 six feet in diauictei' aross the curious whirl of paddle shaped lea\i's. It ei-,,ws 

 naturally 'in Ihe mountains, but stands t ransplant inu in tubs and rocki'ries in 

 the city. The tree fci'us ',\hicli abound iu the ualiNc lorests are seldom seen 

 in the city. 'I'hey do not thrive in the drier climale <A' the lower /.one. This is 

 unfortunate as uothine iu the nati\-e llora ccudd be more oi-nameu1al. Owinc to 

 the difficulties euconntered in Lirowiui;- native mountain fei-ns the town uardcuci- 

 has come to depend to a lai-i:e extent on the hardy lish-tail oi- P.oslou fern '" 

 and c\<'rywherc, in the ercunid, in |iols and hau'jiue liaskets this species 

 thrives. The beantilul, eracefid, dark-'^recn, always fresh lookini:. uiailc-sccnted 

 StaL;hoi'u feiai [ d'h Iclii iiiii Itiiitiissiiiid \ . a favoi'ite for hauL;in'.i' baskets i\v rock- 

 erics, is a \i'4in-ous urower in the low allitudes, and pre\<Mits Ihe (ishtail from 

 havine- an appai'cnl monopoly cd' this st.xle (d' ornamental ion. P.nt ni hotdiouses. 

 where the amouid (d' moisture and sunlieht are mcu-e easily re'^nlaleil. a prcd'usion 

 of rai'c and beautifully deli<'atc fci'us are i^row n that are the soni'ce o\' .inst 

 pi'idc amouL; ^rowers and furnish tlie basis for mucli laxalry anuue.;' the inhabi- 

 lanls (d' Honolulu. Some o\' the lai'iier collections iiaxc sccu-cs of spe.Mcs i-epre- 

 senleil, amoie^ them some id' the most delicate, as well as the lar'.^est and most 

 showy foi'uis known. 



('omiu!^ lo the earden llowei's, the \ isitor is usually doomed to disappoint- 

 ment .\llhoUL;h almost au.\' ol' Ihe llowers in ucnei'al cultivation elsewhere will 

 'jrow with little care and many of them thri\c here, it is the exception to lind a 

 yard iu wliicli any altcmpt is made lo have a llowcrdicd of annuals, much less 

 an oldd'ashioucd llowiu' 'garden. in place of lloweriiie plants boi'dci-ini: the drive- 

 ways, foliage jilants and ferns ai-e i|uilc coiiuuouly sul)sl it nted. Occasionally. 



