The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-07-11

20. 40 n.r.n.n. $:
Ms HAWAIIAN VOOD{
frly Prepared DeS0rip
i the Woods of the
g,raiian Islands,
Irpr.ssly for the d" Paolhc oo Uoas
nd Iron !" by its own CORES
stl
..i,s description of indigen
| SslD woods is prepared from g
is H. recently exhibited il
r. r1I Nj. 7. &. Thrum OF thaI
/. y .crredited with the distinc'
I[ins-through many years o.
W? .,,;yv-Oot together the
Ill., exhibit yet made of the
r ~ on the Hawaiian Isl.
ss collection numbers one
nd five specimens, ninety
tirb are Indigenous. They are
d IN trays Of fifteen each and
"A sye 2ix31a inches, and are
biu thickness. They all have
'|rt.ce Of French polish, indi-
Il bigh character or value of
I'M woods for furniture and
HIS.
b Ct time required in getting
Of this size together is ac-
nom the fact that the habitat
be trees are confined to GER
st certain elevations on one
sand. All the islands do not
same trees throughout. AS
be locality Of certain kinds a
nose as to the right party
lib the woods Of the forest to
L cOverted kinds. This has
BIZ task. The canoe builders
llis, than whom there were
acquainted with the various
gone as a class, and the ka-
Franks as a medicine man"
aiurslly familiar with many
} trough their profession, it is
ly with the herbs and shrubs
4 bee growth. Some aid has
slaed Of WoOdcutters, but their
!! calls them into "beIts" of
Or CHA, in which but little
q cOmmonest varieties of the
ZEN to be found. 1t has been
sAer, that woods we'll known
fdent Hawaiian are either lost
Rlt to those of to-day, though it
Known fact that a number of
bad different names on differ
p While this has confused
lThat delayed the collection, in
|'E, probably, could this con-
andone than by the opportu-
|EatncatlOn which the exhibit
lges Of wild cattle have had
and the decadence of GER
Ia Y OF the group point to the
q some varieties yet unbound
~ forever. This fact lends
u interest to this effort to OBJ
Y complete collection of in
woods, and which is being
! aaaeed in value as each new
y now added.
|, is made that it form
I4Sall's contribution to the
exposition at Chicago in 1898,
, 4eda Ilme, or in the absence
a a'ualIy Of a personal examina-
~ ,.ss.o.IlectIOn, this account NAV
], ~ ~ = more than the artizans in
-; united States and elsewhere.
III ! u and best-known furni-
!, " IL, hawaii, not only for its
! slsO Tor the quantity and
. ~ !. o. 1t, is the Koa, Acacia
W. " Tue collection shows four
=. ani PLAIN Koa, curly Koa.
\, bu u Aoaia. This is a hand
o o. WOO not so deep as Span
, 81 yet having dark streaks
as ssDa winch gives it a positive
: 'v Dp.; rich and handsome
IN ytarlety, whose peculiar cross.
srv and aao dark red is enlivened
If is s Urea: alternating wave.
my, ! 'eImed the common Koa
sd rs; y reserved for choicer
f tvo with Nth! the plain for contrast,
4 ara ,A I. are much rarer
h. ~ o a darker color and
mas >, i ne koaia was selected din in
!, d bi III the fancy paddles of
Fera a a,,l Chiefs, for which pur-
be h, VT quartering across the
voo5s II was also one of the
ggina no; 10. .or spears, and served
sc eaasn Implements. The X K ree
les st0' Dull builders material for
rs. Specimens Of marine ma me
be j Rpp Prominent ii use at the ISL
ricb 1d a,, Cordia subcord ord tie
binet u ark ( wood that c Contrasts rast;
! Used NOR" 6nt with II anything with With
Il has out put the supply IS v very,
Or Chiefs n Ia a favorite wood Of
sp tsa,s and Was W. Wor las5 a aS can an
COINS ofys and nd sundry containers ap aol
Ost ent S l0r years have been
Eou 1ntt rieyy Of the varieties ese d
has had Trimmings. aud on each i,
| Of tho tho co!mmendable notice
5 vas ss sn Mtlo, TheSpesia po S@I.
), and another MOI favorite wood pofu u
TEEN W Was !. held in $50 som "eUd .
als OiI I'd day as S' kaeu u 70 a oeea'
Mons I so5 KOu, is found o mHOa q
,,elliagsI ioon1nOeas near habitatioonn,sy. @ o
aoT, a as !. only = in limited o nnsS
apprecsi,aatesaa as a furniture Woo
, e G aads :. a round ce @Ee'
IT. aSSsaa 7, Ishor'sedi one o si.S Of a0ao
Z shade a. Mahogany. l benz - q *
lsasi0. @n0 Of having a NOR,