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Show Reyal Pelnelana of Treplea. -H The Koyal I'olnclaua is the .most' - striking of Hawaii's ornumcnCal trees. H Its smooth, spreading branches, when not clad with horizontal layers of ' dainty folluge, are one mass of naming B blossoms Ihut may be plainly seen H from cousldernble distances. Viewed 4 from an vluvutUm, this outburst of Ml vivid colors resembles a suu-llocUed, crluuou pool reposing In a Held of green. Tho fluwur.s aro geuerully " H ceeded by great, dangling iodH, from one to three feet In length, by one or more luvlies In diameter, Dlitorcnt varieties of tho I'olncliinu are tttj well distributed throughout the tropics. trop-ics. It Is sometimes called the peacock' pea-cock' llower on account of its show; blooms, but Hawalluus consider the "Hume tree" a better descriptive title. Tho l'olnclanu .was named in honor of Mr. du l'olncl, governor general of the Trench West Indies, who wrote the miturul history of that country In the Seventeenth history, the Detroit News observes. |