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EBRUARY, 1917. PRICE, 25 CENTS A COPY. $2.00 A YEAR. 11111111111 . ) IWPACIfIC HAWAII S FLOWER, THE HIBISCUS It SEE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VARIETIES IN NATURAL COLORS IN THIS ISSUE. ol. XIII. No. 2. HONOLULU, HAWAII. Speedy Trains in New South Wales The Mother State of the Australian Commonwealth. The World's Famous Railway Bridge Over the Hawkesbury River, N. S. W. All the year round New South Wales is railway bridge. Here is to be found the best place for the tourist. From, Syd- glorious river, scenery as well as excellent ney and New Castle, as well as from points fishing and camping grounds. By rail also in other states, there are speedy trains, with is reached the splendid trout fishing streams comfortable accommodations, at very cheap of New South Wales, stocked with fry. rates to the interesting points of the Mother yearling and two year old trout. State of the Australian Commonwealth. Beautiful waterfalls abound throughout Within a few hours by rail of the metrop- the state and all beauty spots are reached olis of Sydney are located some of the most after a few hours' comfortable trip from wonderful bits of scenery in the world. It is but a half afternoon's train ride to the beautiful Blue Mountains, particularly fa- Steamship passengers arriving at Sydney mous for the exhilarating properties of at- disembark at Circular Quay. Here the mosphere. Here and in other parts of the city tramways (electric traction) converge, state are the world's most wonderful arid and this is the terminus of thirty routes, beautiful limestone caverns. Those of varying from two to eleven miles in •length. Jenolan are known by fame in every land. One of the best means of seeing the pic- Reached by the south coast railways are turesque views and places of interest about the surf bathing and picnicing resorts famed Sydney is to travel around them all by elec- throughout Australia and even abroad. tric tram. The cost is trifling, as the fares on Within a score of miles= of Sydney is the the state railways are low. The secretary beautiful Hawkesbury river and its great of the railway system is J. S. Spurway. ) IP ) W, -- — n_... I.../. ..._n. •■•• ,,,T.,,/, ,,,,-, , ERAITA • . z- -4r gith_trarifir fitagaztur . ii- CONDUCTED BY ALEXANDER HUME FORD VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 2. 44 €. *4 . CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1917. • 4. Our Art Gallery. Jack London in Hawaii - - - - - - - 117 War's Peace Sermon to the Pacific - - - - 129 Troubles Galore in the Solomons - - - - - 133 (Log of the Snark) I By Charmian Kittredge London Lii The Original Americans - - - - - - - 139 E. By W. E. Priestley E. 4. Around Maui in Patches - - - - - - 145 ra- By E. S. Goodhue, M. D. • Singapore and Johore - - - - - - - 149 . From the Editor's Diary Panama's New Railway - - - - - - 153 By Wm. A. Reid, of the Pan-American Union Staff. 1'40 Random Rambles in Kohala, Hawaii - - - - - 157 By L. W. de Vis-Norton • The Story of Tawera - - - - - - - 163 4. As told by Maki 4 America in the Far East - - - - - - - 167 t By Kirk Munroe D Yol.... Just About Honolulu - - - - - - - 171 3_, 4' K A few points of interest ei. K Fashions in Japan - - - - - - - - 173 w. E By T. Hayashi :4 ix An Economic Study of Hawaii - - - - - 177 Ii • By A. P. Taylor 5 China's Victory Over Opium - - - - - - 181 • By General L. Chang 1,4 The Blue Mountains of New South Wales - - - 185 t By C. R. Hogue '4 •1 • On the Garden Island - - - - - - - 189 g .3 By Lun Chang r • t The Life History of an Island - - - - - - 195 • '... By Vaughan MacCaughey ;11. E S ik Encyclopdiaw and Guide to Hawaii and the Pacific. lei 1.4 F. r= TO J' i: th-rarifir i'l. agazittr . E Published by ALEXANDER HI ME FORD, Honolulu, T. H. • Printed by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, .Ltd. Yearly subscriptions in the United States and possessions, $ $2.00 in advance. Canada and Mextco, $2.50. For all foreign countries, $3.00. Single copies, 25c. • Entered as second-class matter at the Honolulu Postoffice. • 5 Permission is given to republish articles from the Mid-Pacific Magazine when credit is given. *1 ,.... chwaykverriarivirwrearadvd iveatedytow • • • • t • •troatiourailwa-itit4-Agiver4iti The indigenous White Hibiscus, named after Ruth Wilcox. The White Hibiscus may be said to be the floral emblem of Honolulu, as the red variety (shown on the cover) is the flower of Hawaii Island. The White Hibiscus is truly indigenous to the country about Honolulu and grows wild in the mountains' back of the city. YYLM 0.1,JSAAL ALA PN3 A blended Hibiscus, with parents of orange and cerise. Instead of fences in Honolulu, hedges of red Hibiscus separate the lots and holdings of land in the city, so that often for nearly a mile may be seen walls of this ever-blooming flower of the land. Of late hybrid varieties have begun to vary the usual red. The Semidouble Salmon-ddaed Hibiscus. The Hibiscus of Hawaii is to be one of the leading features in the 1917 Mid-Pacific Carnival in Honolulu. There will be a Hibiscus show, and in the Pan-Pacific Pageant of February 19th there will be 100 children of all races costumed to represent the known varieties of Hibiscus in Hawaii. The large Double Red Hibiscus. fl Hibiscus Club has been formed in Honolulu to promote a better knowl- edge of the methods of growing Hibiscus, to add materially to the beauty and attractiveness of the city. There is a possibility of Hawaii becoming as well known through her Hibiscus as Japan is through her cherry blossom and chrysanthemum. One of the beautiful Velvet Red Hibiscus. Bs fences are becoming things of the past in Hawaii, beautiful Hibiscus hedges are used, and sometimes one may see as many as a dozen varieties of many shades and shapes blooming side by side in a space of twenty feet. 1913. One of a variety of the Coral Hibiscus. The above flower resembles closely a piece of delicate pink coral. The series of floats decorated with many 'varieties of Hawaii's Flower—the Hibiscus—will be most attractive, and this will be a feature of the coming Mid-Pacific Carnival in Honolulu. A new blend, the beautiful Woodrow Wilson Hibiscus. One of the most delicate of the new varieties of Hawaiian Hibiscus has been named in honor of the President, and as many men and women in Hawaii are experimenting in their gardens, more wonderful results in Hibiscus are sure to accrue. 1913. Another new variety of Hibiscus, as yet unnamed. Experimenting with the Hibiscus has become a popular, fascinating fad among lovers of Nature in Hawaii. Most remarkable are some of the color effects which result, and visitors to the city are always welcome at the Government Experiment Sta- tion as well as at private gardens. OS Another experiment in crossing Hibiscus. Visitors to Hawaii and discriminating residents, almost without exception, agree that the Hibiscus is the most satisfactory and prettiest of all Hawaiian flowers. Certainly, taking the place of fences, it lends an added attractiveness to the streets of the city. PIA 1.1),1.4. )113 The delicate Double Peachblow Hibiscus. The Hibiscus is indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands. Much interest is being taken in hybridizing it by plant experts from all over the world. By cross-pollination, over one thousand varieties of the Hibiscus have been produced. The delicate shades of some of these are beautiful in the extreme. The Orange Hibiscus, Gert Ivers. The Hibiscus blooms practically the year round in Hawaii, but during February, March and April the flowers are more abundant, as this is Hawaii's rainy season. (It rains at night in Hawaii.) Then the beautiful fresh blooms of all shades, shapes and sizes may be seen at their best. A lighter yellow, the Hibiscus Brackenridgei. Five or ten acres of park area carefully planted with thousands of varieties of Hibiscus, and brought to a high state of cultivation, would be one of the botanical wonders of the world, and the idea is not altogether remote, for the Federal Experiment Station is making a start in this. Yrull Qum,. 19D A variation from imported Hibiscus. Even the most experienced workers with the hibiscus can very seldom tell what shade or shape will result from the hybridizing of two varieties, and this is one reason why the work is so fascinating. A species of Hibiscus introduced from Jamaica. A very pretty result of cross-pollination is the variety shown above. It has vigorous growth and branches freely. In hybridizing it is used as a male parent. Thousands of Hibiscus blossoms of all shades will be used to decorate the floats in the Pan-Pacific Pageant, which is to open the Annual Mid-Pacific Carnival this February. NIGHT-BLOOM, PUNAHOU 0 do you know That stone wall's greener by day, By night a cloud, a milky way Not stars, but like the broidered grace Of flowers that weave a scarf of lace Apart, apart from glare of day? Who ever had so grand a lei As Punahou? —Philip Henry Dodge. 0.11r fitiblittriftr ftlagazittr CONDUCTED BY ALEXANDER HUME FORD ...............,............,...r.1..1.11aleotommoott.i1.■■■■■utoloollub.111.11.11111....111.11.13.11111,11.1411.11■1104.1.11.1.1.14.1.0.10,.11,111.11011111111...011.1.0111.13,111.111111.11.11111411111111111.111111111111.11.1111.1.11.111111111111111r..1.1111.4.1111111111.1111.11pitillimmilimmounm.Imt.■■■••••■■•••11....“1.1141,.........111..mos VOLUME XIII FEBRUARY, 1917. NUMBER 2. Jack London, Lorrin Thurston and J. P. Cooke. Jack London in Hawaii Rambling Reminiscences of the Editor FIRST met Jack London on the young man huddled up beside a slim, lanai of the old Royal Hawaiian girlish woman (Charmian, his mate).