“Texas mesquite (=Prosopis glandulosa=). Growing in dooryard of Mr.
C. C. Conradt, Pukoo, Island of Molokai. Seeds under propagation at
Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. Introduced by Mr. Conrad from
Texas several years ago.
Ohia lehua (=Metrodsideros polymorpha=). Produces a particularly
high grade of honey. Locations for apiaries, as a rule, somewhat
inaccessible. One location on the island of Molokai is within the
ohia lehua belt.
Various species of Acacia (black wattle, koa, etc.) Mountainous
districts.
Various species of eucalyptus. Mountainous districts.
Wiliwili (=Erythrina monosperma=). In gulches on Molokai and Oahu.
Rose-apple (=Eugenia jambos=).
Mamani (=Sophora chrysophylla=). Found in higher forest belts.
Catalpa (=Catalpa speciosa= and =C. bignonioides=). Introduced by Mr.
Jared G. Smith, April, 1902, from the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
Logwood (=Haematoxylon campechianum=). Found in dooryards. Two trees
are growing in the grounds of Oahu College and one in the grounds
of Lunalilo Home, Honolulu. Seeds under propagation at Hawaii
Agricultural Experiment Station. The honey produced by bees from this
tree is reported to be the finest table honey in the world.
The black mangrove of Florida. Introduced by Mr. Jared G. Smith from
Southern Florida, for the purpose of preventing the mud flats from
washing along the coast of Molokai, near Kaunakakai. The introduction
was made several years ago and the trees are now well established at
the above-mentioned place. The tree is a valuable honey plant.