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Show NATIVE PLANTS OF HAWAII, I t-lra.ilr. t Hat lihaaalel Supply of One Abomlaat Sandalwood A description of the nntltc plants ot the Hawaiian Islahds la u.nlalni 1 In a bulletin In course of prtpsrntlon I y tlie department of agriculture Of II e t la said the moat Important aro "10 woods of the Islands Ttrny served to make the enormous canoes In which the native crossed from Island to Island Is-land nf the group nnd ocmalonnlly I made voyage to other lalandx In tho South Pacific Others were used f r outriggers and masts Idols were nrv 1 from soft as well as tho bird woods The hardest woods furnishcl the mallets for beating kapn ilo h These mallets were elaborntcl) carted ' and of a different pattern on en h fence They were lineal In sin li n man tier as lo stamp the pattern upon tho cloth From the forests came the bnrk, leatea nnd fiber out of whl h kipt cloth mats Ashing lines nets etc were made Krnm the various tree came tho dyes which they used In coloring col-oring the kapa cloth, nnd In tattooing their skins The materia medlra of the knhunas or native doctors was gathered eirliislvrly from tho forests and fields Tho Islands once nbounded In sandalwood, but tho great demand for this wood In Canton, Chlnn, for Incense In-cense nnd for tho manufacture ot fancy articles caused n trade which quickly destroyed the forests of this tree He-tween He-tween 1810 and 1825 this trado In sandalwood san-dalwood was at Its height and whlla It listed brought great wealth to tho kings and chiefs In guns ammunition, liquors, boils nnd small ships, which they received In eichange It brought from six lo ten cents per pound It was the first export that attracted commerce com-merce to the Island So great was the destruction nf these trees that It was found necessary to lay a ' tabu ' on tho few remaining ones A great many randal trees Iiavo since sprung up In the Islands, but nowhere In such quantities quan-tities ns to Justify a rtvltnl ot tho trado After tho sandalwood waa exhausted ex-hausted there was exported to China a false sandalwood, called by tho natives na-tives nalo Tho wood nnd roots of this tree, when dried possess a fragrance strongly resembling thnt of tho sandalwood sandal-wood It has also good building and excellent ex-cellent burning qualities, and Is used for torches In fishing The nhln-ha Is a durable limber and Is tiled for railroad rail-road ties and posts while kela Is n very hard wood, closely resembling ebony Kor fence posts the wood of tho mnmame Is said to be tho most durable, while It Is also n good firewood fire-wood The halepepe waa onco used by thenattres who carved their Idols out of soft wood Bo, also was used the wood of leliua tho most generally pre vailing treo on the Islands It Is vcrj hard. Is n good building material, and the bent of fuels Chicago News |