HAWAII AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT 

 HONOLULU, HAWAII 



Under the supervision of the 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



+■ M M :<j 



BULLETIN No. 53 



7B 



THE HAWAIIAN TREE FERN AS A 

 COMMERCIAL SOURCE OF STARCH 



BY 



J. C. RIPPERTON, Chemist 



Issued July, 1924 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

 1924 



