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It is cultivated in the Malay peninsula, the Philippines and also 
in Honolulu, where quite a number of specimens can be found. Four 
are at Thomas Square Park, others in residential grounds around the 
city and in other public parks. The wood of this tree is of a gray 
color, beautifully mottled, and is moderately hard. 
Numerous other species of Ficus are under cultivation in Hono- 
lulu the most noteworthy being the ordinary Smyrna fig Ficus carica 
L., Ficus Rumphii Blume, a species greatly resembling the Peepul, 
but with leaves much less caudately acuminate, represented by a 
single specimen cultivated at Mrs. Mary E. Foster's premises; in 
in the same locality is a specimen of Ficus hispida L. a native of the 
Himalayas but of wide distribution ranging over China to Australia. 
Ficus parcelli Hort. a horticultural species with variegated, yellow 
mottled leaves occurs in the former premises of W. M. Giffard, while 
Ficus heterophylla L. a pubescent creeper, becoming a shrub, if un- 
molested, is very common, usually trained over walls of buildings. 
It is a polymorphous species whose leaves are in general small, but 
become of large size on lateral branches, on which are borne the large 
pear-shaped dry figs. It has to be kept down or else will grow into a 
big shrub. A single specimen of Ficus infectoria Roxb. w T ith thin, 
papery leaves on long petioles, with small, pinkish figs, occurs in Dr. 
W. Hillebrand's grounds. 
Other species not yet determined are also under cultivation in 
Honolulu. 
PROTEACEAE 
The family Proteaceae is represented by the cultivated species of 
Grevillea robusta A. Cunn. and G. Banksii R. Br. both of Australia. 
Another valuable tree is Macadamia tcrnifolia known as the Macad- 
amia nut tree. The latter is extensively cultivated by Mr. Jordan 
on his grounds in Nuuanu, while other specimens are scattered about 
Honolulu. An accessible specimen occurs at the Government Nursery 
on King Street. 
Grevillea robusta A. Cunn. 
The Silky Oak. 
The genus Grevillea is quite large, approaching two hundred 
species, nearly all of which are peculiar to Australia, only a few oc- 
curring in New Caledonia. In Honolulu there are about three 
species in cultivation, the Silky Oak and two shrubs, one with bright 
red the other with whitish vellow flowers. 
