the same statement was translated into French and subsequently 
published. 2 In the "Pacific Commercial Advertiser" for Janu- 
ary 1, 1900, in an article by H. M. Whitney, we find the follow- 
ing statement placing the same date upon the first introduction, 
v Vv- bit* Attributing it to another man: "The algaroba — by far the 
most valuable tree on the Islands — was introduced by s< 3eds 
brought from Chile by Bishop Maigret, and the first tree started 
l\$X ky him is now growing in the north corner of the Catholic 
Church yard." A drawing of the Catholic Cathedral at Hono- 
. •.'•.. lulu was made in 1842 and was subsequently published in Paris 
with certain notations. In this drawing the original algaroba 
tree is shown standing considerably higher than the Cathedral. 
This would obviously have been impossible if the tree had been 
only five years old at the time the drawing was made. Below 
the drawing of the Cathedral is a printed statement in French, 
which, translated, reads as follows : "Tree planted by Mr. Bach- 
elot in 1828. It is a magnificent Acacia. The seed was brought 
from the Jardin du Roi de Paris." Father Reginald, Librarian 
of the Catholic Cathedral, has looked up all of the records relat- 
ing to the introduction of the algaroba and considers 1828 as 
undoubtedly the correct date. He states in a recent letter to 
Father Valentin that in 1837 there were already several alga- 
roba trees from the seed of the first one. Moreover, the state- 
ment in the previous quotation, that the original tree came from 
a shoot imported from California, may be considered as some- 
what doubtful on account of the difficulty of propagating the 
tree from shoots, except under favorable conditions. Sho<»!- 
brought by sailing vessel from California would, ordinarily, not 
be in good condition for planting upon their arrival. 
BOTANY AND HABITAT. 
There are eighteen or more species of Prosopis, the natural 
habitat of which is in tropical and semi-tropical America. The 
algaroba occurs from Texas to Chile and in the West Indies. 
2 Ann. Sacres Coeurs, 1896, pages 288-290. 
