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The uses of many of the plants are given and reveal much in this age of synthetic products.
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Price: |
50.00 |
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Title: |
In Honolulu Gardens |
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Author: |
Marie C. Neal - Legends by Berta Metzger |
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Description: |
Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication 12 |
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Condition: |
Hardcover (somewhat flexible), 1928, published by the Museum. 327 pages. B/W photos, illustrations.Measures 5 3/4 x 8 3/4.
Name of former owner (Lyle A. Dickey, former Hawaii judge, author); age discoloration on endpapers and on pages facing b/w plates, minimally elsewhere inside, small gap in spine seam of title page, a few moderate sized insect holes on rear endpaper spine seam that extends to gutter of back cover, bumped corners with moderate wear, small splits and wear top/bottom spine, spine straight and tight. |
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Summary: |
"This book is designed as a floral guide of Honolulu.... The commonest and most conspicuous herbs, vines, shrubs, trees that are seen in gardens and parks and along roadsides are described... The uses of many of the plants are given and reveal much in this age of synthetic products. The names and home lands of the plants are based on the 'Index Kewensis.' Their arrangement by families and genera is according to Engler and Prantl, those forms lowest in the scale of evolution coming at the beginning of the book, those highest at the end. Besides descriptions, many legends of the plants are included. Polynesians love flowers, and they have numerous songs and chants about them. Many fragrant flowers and leaves were sacred to the gods...." |
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