Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-03-05
FLOWERS OF HAWAII.
An ELEGANT Work ON the Indigenou
Flowers OF the Hawaiian Islands.

valuable and artistic contributions upon
the Hawaiian Islands yet produced, in
her large quarto volume of 'Indig-
enous Plants Of the Hawaiian Islands,
with forty-four Autographed plates from
paintings in water-colors, with brief de
scriptions accompanying each, giving
the native and botanical names, their
habitat, peculiarities and uses-if any
for which the subject is noted, whether
in fact or in legend. litlG4tHH
Who does not love flowers? Yet
it is,comparatiyelys few who can, repro
duce so faithfully the result Of their
Ipastihe study as has Mrs. Sinclair in
her obsefyations in the woods and
fields of Northern Kauai and Niihau.
Nor has this happy faculty been con
fined to her Hawaiian Island home, for
the reader learns of several links con.
Meeting our flora with the Society Isl.
ands and New Zealand, either in name,
or plant, or both. There are forty-five
flower sprays given, and in the follow
ing order, viz. !. Hau, Hibisens ttlia-
eenS, Ohia-lehua, Mefr0sideyos bOLy-
morphqy Ieie, F'eytzneha ay6orsdj
Pioi, .Smilae sandWitensis. Nukuiwi,
.St,0ngylod0n lncidnm, Puakauhi, Can
a0aiia ensy6,mis, Kou, Cordia sn6oor-
data, Kokio-keokeo, Hibiscus A,not-
hanns, Kokio-ula, Hi6iScus A,nof7i-
anus Milo, 7Hespesia fopnlneaj Hau-
hele, Hibiscus Y0nngianns, Koali-Awa-
hia, Zpomea (PHa,6itis) msnlayis,
Koali-Ai, LpOm@a Palmata, Pilikai,
Lpomea 7h,pektnm, Uala, Lb0m@a
BafataS, Pohuehue, Lpom9a PERSIA
pre-; Puakala, A,gemone mexicaaa,
Wiliwili, E,ytAyina monosperma; Poo
lanui, C0re0psfs t0smoides; Ukiuki, hi
auella ensy0lia,. Nehe, Ltfoefetd
ansfya(is, Ohai, .SeS6ania (AgahI
tomenfosa, Mao, G0ssyfinm to-
ment0snm, Aeae, Ly1nm sandur
eenSe,' Kauila, ALphftonia eaeelsa,
Kolokolo, Titer hJtolia, unyoholata,
: Kolokolo-kuahlwi, Lysimachia lille
6tandis Nanca, Vigua iutea, Hunakai
Lbomea (Batatas aeetOsgtoiiay' Hoi
Dioseotea Satiya, Nohu, zri6ulus cIstoi:
des;. Kakalaioa, Cesalfinia Bondueelza
Naupaka, .SdevOla Kenigli; Ohenau
paka, Steaola .gla6yu, Iliahi, Satalun
elliphtHm,, Nohuanu, Geyantum cNnea
fam, Puahanui, By0nssaisia bellutida
Akaakaawa, Rfzle6yandia sandacqlenss
Hialoa, Walkheyfa ameritana, Aalii
: Dodoa@a a1s6osa; Noni, AloAnda tif,7
tohag Ohia-ai, Engsnia (/amdosa,
malarsnsts, Puapilo, Ca1ba,1s sand
zOiehiana,. Akala, Rudns Aaayaieusis.
and Papala, CHaypsnke,a 0Uata.
This list embraces ten trees, thir
teen shrubs, thirteen climbers anc
vines and nine plants, not few OF the
. latter classes being common to hill anc
, plain, but passed frequently withou
notice as possessing little or no beauty
simply for the want of little observing
faculty. The author does us grea
benefit in rescuing from oblivion, sew
cral of our Towering trees and shrub.
that are rapidly becoming extinct; nota
bly,, the Kou, Kauila, Iliahi, Kokio
keokeo, Kokio-ula, Hauhele, Nehe
, Ohia, Puakauhi, and Nanea, as also fol
, introducing to her readers several very
beautiful and rare Towering plants thai
grow only in elevated localities anc
which, consequently, seldom greet the
eye of a man. The most noticeable o.
: these are the Nohuanu and Kolokolo
kuahiwi
Great care has been observed to Sc
cure the Hawaiian names of the plant.
accurately, to which, has been added
the botanical names by Sir Joseph d.
u Hooker, for whose courteous aid the
author acknowledges her Indebtedness
Evidently neither pains nor expense
have been spared for truthful repro
duction of the artist-authors labors
The work is published by the we'll
/ known firm of Sampson Low & Co..
London, and the plates are litho-
graphed by Leighton Brothers, Drury
Lane, London. The letter-press de
scription is opposite each plate, with
blank interleaves. The whole is bouno
in cloth, full gilt. The volume i;
+ gracefully dedicated "To the Hawaiian
Chiefs and People, who have been my
most appreciative friends, and mos
lenient critics" and while making nc
: pretentions to exhaustiveness of the
new field entered upon, the modes
hope is expressed that if it "lead Others
to take up the same wide and delight
ful study, the authors object will bt
fully accomplished"
In 1870, an effort was made to OBJ
tain legislative aid toward a work or
the Fauna and Flora Of the Hawaiian
Islands, then contemplated being pub
llshed, and again at the last session aic
was asked for the proposed Botanica
t work OF DR. VIM. Hilleband, but oul
solons declined to contribute towarc
diffusing scientific knowledge of the
peculiar field Hawaii holds in the bo
tanical world. The writer shares with
others the hope that the success at
tending Mrs, Sinclair in this partial lis
Of Indigenous plants of Hawaii-ne
may be an inducement for her to com
!; pletc the work she has so satisfactorily
begun; may the richness of this contri
button awaken sense of obligation ir
others to give to the world the result o