Hawaii — page 44: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Bt a De ee a Ai a ad Pa ‘ . ’ i Hawaii has the greatest variety of soil and climate, as it is not exposed to strong winds, and has an ample sup- ply of water falls. One of the most beautiful of the plants is the begonia, and it is found 4n Kauai, Maui and Molokai, in moist places, or clinging to the sides of a waterfall. Its flower is a mass of the most delicately tinted pink, fading to a creamy white. >) tah Another plant known for its oddity as well as its beauty is called brighamia-insignie. This plant resembles a huge cabbage, with the heart taken out, and the space filled in with long tubular lowers, creamy white, and very fragrant. $till another is the cape jessamine, a fine, large leafed tree, which bears pure white flowers, an inch or more in diameter, and rich and fragrant. A more showy flower is the ohiaia, which is a mass of deep red. K: The smilax also grows in great abundance, with its heart shaped leaves, which shine as though they were varnished, and its flowers of straw color, which appear in clusters. There is a silky fibre called pulu growing on the crown of tree fern stems, and it is exported in large “quantities to America, where it is used for stuffing cushions. The kalo plant is extensively grown in wet places, and it is said that a patch of kalo measuring forty feet square yields sufficient food for a native for a whole oe) GComichbooks (E(@)