Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-06-06

to q dead halt when II reached the koa Most
n the lcfns even were unfamiliar had seen
my first pulu fem at IIilca Above kapapaln
saw fou tee ferns The hapuu Us the true
pull fern, profuscy branching and growing
as have seen with trunk ~ high ~ TO
feet TO the first branches Each hmnch has
many branchic,s, each with Nv distinct leaflets.
The II, the largest OF Hawaiian tree ferns,
branches rather loss than the hapuu, but in q
similar manner, and has q greater average sire.
II yields q coarse pulu, and has GENITAL pith,
which the natives sometimes cat, When
cooked II tastes something Ike raw Irish
potato The mau and amau, both tee ferns,
differ from the Other two in having no branch.
lets, the leaves Of each attaching directly to
the branches Each yields coarse pull The
young leaves of the amau arc often a beautiful
pink, at tho tips, with yellow blending into
green In tho centre ~ tho leaves and along the
stalks as brilliant as Eastern Autumn leaves
after first frost, The uluhc. climbing fern,
with coarse still. ,cllowi,h green leaves, and
round, hollow stems, which arc used often ~
pipe stems, makes at times dense, matted
a,,.l. ,i,,,i.,, ,.h,i. ..,,,,,. 81, t,,,.,
together in a tanglc impcncinble to man and
cattle. There were not many dainty, delicate
fern, In the Kapapala woods. Nigor, and
,,.,,,h and ,ci, ,ss.,,io, characterized moo,
Of ,hc ci,h, kinds Of ,hos, ,ho,c na,iy, namrs
Nj, ys,c, ,old M,
tn to,r,,, ,.,,s ,h,,. hal h.., ,,,,d r,,,I.
a, I,,c, in ,bos, Ksr,,oIa woods and much
Jau,,, ,ss helm, dane pu, mos, of the
,,;lI r,,,i, b,,. hoe, ,ho, %, f,,,h,ened away
ia ,h,. t,,,., ,,,,,,, and IA. tam, co,,i. ,,,
too few to iniure the wood, greatly, which are
now being filed again with ferns and pohns
and taspbetries
Last yea, fire sven, through K,papel,.
from north cast tn south. west. burning owe,
some valuable timber land and eating into a
eotne, of the wood through which Nj, ya,e,
and were riding. The dep,h and richness o,
The soil was aitcs,cd by the fac, that the ycpc.
! table mould and mass Of roots which formed
the earth had becn burned go deem ,ha, on,
horses sometimes broke through the thin sshcn
erus, M 10 their knees. MANY tall ohins we,e
blackcned and bare and lt.rless, while a little
SPACE above them their lus,v comrades. full
leaved and laden with blossoms. rose like green
banners aeclcd with flame. TN many o.
them 10 their very crowns climbed the ospirior
iee. with It's palm like branches and its coral
| colorcd. pcnf.shaped fruit.
We followed one of a my,iad cattle trails
that ran in ,p,aps in curves. in spiral, and a
exccn,ric angles through the deepeninp forest
A,nund ne reared trees th,, ,yr,e nc unf,m;l;o
In me- as the ,,rcs NJ the Sierra eoo,b;,I. o,c +,
the ayerop. Hawaiian NV voouc,o eompan
lion ,o,d me thc names Of mos, If them Tho
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the lo,,er ones If Ia, is said 10 m,le sner
did f.rs. ,os,s
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