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Updated: May 24, 2025
Plumeria alba, for instance, may be laid before them, and by no inexperienced horticulturist, with such a "reserve" as befits one of the most exquisite flowers known, and the only specimen in England. But a quiet smile goes round, and a gentleman present offers, in an audible whisper, to send in a dozen of that next week at a fraction of the price.
The path leading to the spring is so steep that we could touch with our hands the tops of the arborescent ferns, the trunks of which reach a height of more than twenty-five feet. The surrounding rocks are covered with jungermannias and hypnoid mosses. The plumeria, so common in the gardens of the Indians, has been very seldom found in a wild state.
It was an added pleasure to turn away from the Pacific to the street, to the plumeria, the bougainvillea, and the different shades of green. Doves called. There was little traffic. The street bent higher around a switchback curve. A pickup was parked in front of a wall and a gate which bore the number Oliver was seeking.
Everywhere else on the continent of America we saw the Parkinsonia, like the Plumeria, only in the gardens of the Indians. At Porto Cabello, as at La Guayra, it is disputed whether the port lies east or west of the town, with which the communications are the most frequent.
The flowers in his lei were white with yellow centers. They had the same sweet smell that had greeted him at the airplane door. "Plumeria," the hostess told him. The bus passed through an industrial area and then along the shore by several blocks of downtown business buildings, a marina, a park, and a large shopping mall. They entered an avenue congested with high-rise hotels and condominiums.
There were complications: the truck, what to bring, what to do when he got there. But that was where he was going. As the plane banked over Diamond Head, green at that time of year, tears came to Joe's eyes. Hawaii is so beautiful, so far out to sea, that he felt lucky just to be there. When he stepped from the plane, the light perfume of plumeria and the warm breeze were like old friends.
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