~ 1892.) 4 Vacation in the Hawatian Islands. 413 
flaming scarlet flowers that almost completely hide the leaves 
so that the tree looks like an immense bouquet. They were 
in their prime about the time of my arrival in Honolulu and 
continued to flower more or less for the next six weeks. 
Pretty much everything in Honolulu, except the cocoanuts 
and an occasional haw tree (Paritium tiliaceum) is planted ; 
but people seem to vie with each other in seeing how many 
different kinds of plants they can grow, and the result is that 
the place is like one great botanical garden. To Dr. Hille- 
brand this is said to be largely due, as he was one of the first 
to introduce foreign ornamental plants, and his place, which 
is kept much as it was at the time he left the islands, was a 
very remarkable collection of useful and ornamental plants 
from the warm regions of almost the whole globe. 
Probably the first thing that strikes the traveler from the 
cooler regions is the great variety and number of palms. Of 
these the beautiful royal palm (Oreodoxa regia) is easily 
first. With its smooth columnar trunk, looking as if it had 
been turned, encircled with regular ring-shaped leaf-scars, 
and its crown of plumy green leaves, it well deserves its 
mame. Other characteristic palms are various species of 
betel palms (Areca), wine palm, (Caryota), sugar palm 
(Arenga), and a great variety of fan-palms of different 
genera. None is more beautiful than a thrifty young cocoa 
almost impossible to find a specimen which is not more or 
less disfigured by this pest. The trunk of the cocoanut tree 
is usually more or less crooked, and in old specimens much 
too tall for its thickness, so that the ‘old trees look top-heavy. 
The date palm flourishes in Honolulu, where it is quite dry, 
but does not do so well in the wetter parts of the islands. — 
On studying the other trees, one is struck at once by the 
great preponderance of Leguminose, especially Casalpinee 
Mimosee. All about the town, and growing very tap- 
extensively for fodder. Add to this that the tree now forms: 
le principal supply of fuel for Honolulu and we can realize 
S full value. Other leguminous trees that are planted are 
