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The National Geographic Magazine 



DAUGHTERS OF CHIEF NAKIR0R0, OF TARI-TARI ATOLL 

 GILBERT GROUP 



ment and one which 

 should make it famous 

 throughout the world. 



When it is considered 

 that our present varieties 

 of such fruit as the apple 

 have been evolved by care- 

 ful selection during many 

 generations, the future of 

 many tropical fruits which 

 have as yet not similarly 

 been operated upon seems 

 almost limitless. The un- 

 rivaled situation of Ha- 

 waii and the diversity of 

 climate available from sea- 

 level to mountain peak 

 should in time render a 

 botanical garden estab- 

 lished there as beautiful 

 as any in the world. 



A zoological garden for 

 the reception of the Pa- 

 cific mammals and rep- 

 tiles, including an aviary 

 to accommodate its rare 

 and wonderful birds, will 

 also be established. A 

 wholly untrodden field of 

 practical research awaits 

 the economic study of the 

 birds of this region, the 

 importance of which work 

 can scarcely be overesti- 

 mated. The accession of 

 fishes to the already es- 

 tablished Honolulu Aqua- 

 rium will without doubt 

 make the exhibitions in 

 these three institutions 

 one of the most complete 

 collections of the fauna 

 and flora of a single re- 

 gion which has ever been 

 assembled together. 



The study of marine 

 life will also be pursued 

 and a biological station 

 will be equipped for this 

 purpose. Here will be 

 established tables for the 

 study of marine biology, 

 to which will resort stu- 



