"Wayside Plants of the Islands has been designed as a guide book to the identification of the most common plant species encountered in the lowlands of the Pacif

"This book is for the person who lives in the tropics or subtropics and is interested in native plants, who wants to know about plants that are useful, who love

These essays examine the diverse plant environments of Polynesia, the relationship of plants to Polynesian voyaging, plant introductions, origins of Polynesian