Report on the agricultural resources and capabilities of Hawaii . Fig. 2.—Banyan Tree - Ficus bengalensisj. i i House Doc. No. 368, Plate Fig. 2.—Sugar Mill, Wailuko. I FLORA OF THE ISLAI^BS. 51 The century plant {Agave ainericanci) may be regarded as thoroughlynaturalized. The dill of our gardens {Peucedanum gravoleiis)^ an early introduc-tion, has become a common weed. Bainhisa mdgaris^ the bamboo from China, called by the nativesOhe, is used by them only for fishing poles and outriggers for canoes,while in other countries it has a wide range in the building andfurnishing of houses a
Report on the agricultural resources and capabilities of Hawaii . Fig. 2.—Banyan Tree - Ficus bengalensisj. i i House Doc. No. 368, Plate Fig. 2.—Sugar Mill, Wailuko. I FLORA OF THE ISLAI^BS. 51 The century plant {Agave ainericanci) may be regarded as thoroughlynaturalized. The dill of our gardens {Peucedanum gravoleiis)^ an early introduc-tion, has become a common weed. Bainhisa mdgaris^ the bamboo from China, called by the nativesOhe, is used by them only for fishing poles and outriggers for canoes,while in other countries it has a wide range in the building andfurnishing of houses and in the manufacture of tools and otherarticles of trade. It is both cultivated and wild in the low valleys ofthe island of Oahu. Of water plants the following may be mentioned: uS^elumhium speci-oswn, the lotus (PI. XY, fig. 2). which is found in ponds in Honolulu,and JSfasturtiiim officinale^ the common watercress, which fills the watercourses in the neighborhood of Honolulu and elsewhere, but rarelyflowers. Among useful plants were found: Bixa orellana^ a low tree 10 to 12 feet high which was formerly cul-tivated for its red dye obta
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