The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-16
WHAT A BOTANlST
MAY SEE IN HONOLULU
BY Albert B. Lyons. ND. In Thrum'i Annual

hand outlines uf muuilaUs iosuk Nl'Ul-
selves above 80 clouds
With impotence they wait for day
light. eager to see once more the green
OF living plants. IL is well that their
cagerness does not hasten the impertur-
able course OF nature, for the volcanic
cones OF the lee coast they are passing,
though striking in outline are nearly
bare OF vegetation.
At last as we pass Diamond Head,
with the entrance OF the harbor only
three miles ahead. the growing light en-
aJies us to discriminate the deep green
OF the tree-cmbowered city, the paler
shades OF grass lands and the ruddy
brown Of the great tufa cone in the
e-ground. The fringe OF cocoanut
palms along the Waikiki beach, distin-
puishablc even to the naked eye al
though two miles distant. tells us that
we are in the tropics. Otherwise, while
the vcrdure delights the starved eye as
verdure, there is nothing in IFS sugges-
tive of tropical luXuriance. Indeed, I'M
less there have been copious rains, the
country will strike one as rather parch-
ed.
A botanist, new TO the tropics, will be
eager to make closer acquaintance with
the vegetation seen thus in mass in the
distance. He tries with his field glass
to make out details as the steamer con-
tinues its course, parallel with the shore,
but at a tantalizing distance, owing to
the coral reef
arrived at the dock he will look in
vain for any green thing. Even the
water will be destitute of the weeds
4 L., ] 10
must content himself with watching the
kanaka boys, clad save for a breech
cloth in their bare, brown skins, diving
for the coins that passengers throw into
the water.
AT last he is safely slowed in what is
called a hack with the agreeable pros
pect OF a breakfast on shore occupying
a large part OF his thoughts, and as he
is whirled on through town he catches
glimpses OF unfamiliar trees and shrubs
that make him impatient to form their
closer acquaintance.
The results OF his observations in the
next few days he may summarize some
what as follows: The streets OF Homo
lulu for the most part are unshaded,
although the city seems like one great
park-the houses, in their spacious
grounds uncovered in trees and shrub
berry. Palm trees abound of numerous
species. Most stately of all is the royal
palm, always rigidly erect, its head of
comparatively few pinnate fronds sur
mounting the pale colored, smooth,
gracefully tapering column of its stem.
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date palm, whose slender, numerous
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