NATURAL HISTORY OF HAWAII. 18 



tivity in 1902 — Activity in 1907 — Account of a Visit to Kilauea in 1909 — The 

 Journey — First Glimpse of the Crater — Steam Cracks — Sulphur Beds — 

 Kilauea-iki — Keanakakoi • — Descent Into the Great Crater — Heat Cracks — 

 Spatter Cones — The Pit of Halemaumau by Day and Night — Side Trips from 

 the Crater — Fossil Tree Moulds — The Road to Honuapo — Kona District. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Condensed History of Kilauea 's Activity. 



Plates 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, [See Chapter XIII.] 



Brief Chronology and History of Kilauea from the Earliest Records of Its 

 Eruptions Down to the Present, with Dates and Observations on the Condition of 

 the Lava in the Crater of Kilauea and the Pit of Halemaumau. 



SECTION THBEE. 



FLORA OF THE GROUP. 



CHAPTER XV. 



Plant Life of the Sea-shore and Lowlands. 

 Plates 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, [5, 14, 19, 30, 33, 40, 43, 60, 64, 65, 66, 



67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 78, 79]. 

 The Island Flora — Its Isolation and Peculiarities — Sources — Number of 

 Genera and Species — Endemic and Introduced Plants — Variation in Flora from 

 Island to Island — Floral Zones — The Lowland Zone — Common Littoral Species — • 

 Common Plants from the Sea-Shore to the Lower Edge of the Forest — Introduced 

 Plants — Grasses. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Plant Life in the High Mountains. 



Plates 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, [23, 25, 44, 45, 46, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 74]. 



Plants of the Lower Forest Zone — Fiber Plants Cultivated by the Ha- 

 vvaiians — Sandalwood — Middle Forest Zone — Giant Ferns — Upper Forest Zone — 

 Silver-Sword — Mountain Bog Flora. 



SECTION FOUR. 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE IN HAWAII. 



The Introduced Plants and Animals of Forest, Field and Garden. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



A Ramble in a Honolulu Garden: Part One. 

 Plates 64, 65, 66, [2, 4, 5, 41, 45, 53, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 90]. 

 First Impressions of Honolulu — Palms — A Falling Leaf — Cocoanut Palm — 



