This bulletin discusses hibiscus breeding and describes forms found in Hawaii. Includes 16 color plates of varieties of hibiscus.

The author championed this fast-growing leguminous shrub as a food, fodder, and soil improvement crop.

The commercial development of the macadamia in Hawaii has led to a study of processing methods adapted to this nut. Since it is marketed principally in cooked, salted-kernel form, processing includes all steps in handling ...

This bulletin discusses the more important grasses growing on local ranges, their growth in other parts of the world, nature of growth, palatability, persistence, climatic requirements, and present importance and possibilities ...

This bulletin starts with a history of taro, its cultivation in Hawaii, and a general discussion of taro root rot. Experiments done in 1901 and 1902 investigated the role of fertilization and irrigation in disease incidence.

This bulletin provides original data on the composition and nutritive value of some of the principle foods from the Pacific islands. Most of the samples were collected in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.

This bulletin describes and illustrates with photographs dozens of plants with edible leaves, fruits, pods, stems, or roots, terrestrial and aquatic. The Japanese and Chinese names are given both in roman letters and ...

Information on vegetables included description and supply, nutritive value, selection, storage, preparation, amount to buy, and recipes. In addition to the types common elsewhere, various kinds of taro were included.