{"product_id":"plants-of-old-hawaii-9780935848113","title":"Plants of Old Hawaii","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lois Lucas | Joan Fleming | Julie Williams\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bess Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bess Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Plants - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlants of Old Hawaii\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about the twenty major plants the original Hawaiians brought with them from the South Pacific around A.D. 450 when they settled the Hawaiian Islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes illustrations by Joan Fleming of each plant and its flower and fruit, as well as plant descriptions, habitats, uses, legends, and proverbs. A poem about each plant and its uses by Julie Williams, a classroom teacher at the Kamehameha Schools, enhances the factual information provided by the author and will delight the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlants of Old Hawaii\u003c\/em\u003e grew out of Lois Lucas' many years of teaching Hawaiian culture, history, and botany; out of the planning and cultivation of the Hawaiian Garden at Punahou; and from her acquaintance with Beatrice Krauss of Lyon Arboretum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bess Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46894157136023,"sku":"9780935848113","price":1390.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780935848113.webp?v=1770322117","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/plants-of-old-hawaii-9780935848113","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}