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pie, the fig, the coffee, bananas, papaias, peaches, date- 

 palms, magnolias, algarobas, and samang or monkey- 

 pod, wonderful in its profusion of flowers and the 

 regularity with which it folds its sensitive leaves to 

 sleep. Also several varieties of acacia, the eucalyptus 

 of Australia, the brilliant ponciana regia, Norfolk and 

 Caledonia pines, the royal and fan-palms, the Indian 

 banyan, the bamboo, the loquot and Chinese plum, with 

 the pepper, cinnamon and spice trees. 



Almost concealed by the foliage of these trees and 

 shrubs are the dwelling houses, each with its garden, 

 containing plants and flowers in great variety. In ad- 

 dition to the more common kinds will be found Japanese 

 and Micronesian lilies, crape myrtle, the alamander, 

 blooming creepers, the passion flower, Mexican vine, 

 and indeed the flora of nearly every country under the 

 sun is represented in these isles of the sea. Among 

 the more showy of the creepers is the Bourgain vil lia, 

 with its brillant crimson clusters, which, in the spring, 

 will attract attention of strangers, and forms a notice- 

 able feature in Honolulu. The dwellings of the foreign 

 residents are constructed either of stone or wood and 

 surrounded with verandas. Water is brought in iron 

 pipes to every house, thus conferring upon all the peo- 

 ple that greatest of luxuries in a hot climate — abundant, 

 pure water. The poorest can enjoy his daily bath and 

 cultivate flowers and vegetables about his home. Every 

 day of every month in the year one can feast his eyes 

 on roses, lilies and a legend of floral gems, unsurpassed 

 in variety elsewhere. 



Honolulu contains a population, by the census of 

 1872, of 14,852. Of this total, less than 3,000 are for- 

 eigners. The native population is very movable. 



