The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-11-04

probably not ~ eepoitsd bess.
taten 49,
About ~ uoesh ~ December !
S6rnia s5k-were imported BY
oDtred for ale 70 the Society. IN
nsnbsr, three bucks and two i.
purchased them It the price Of -.
uis1ortuns to Ice one Of shem h,
other By sickness. The three r,m.:
hind and two bucks, are under n.
Mofitt, in Kahuku- Lately, a litt. :
by General Miller to the King. h.
them. A number Of frogs and 49,
cluded in the purchase : the same !.
liberty in the faro patches. but unit
to report themselves. The frogs n;,,.
servioesble by destroying the lar,.
which inhsbit stagnant waters.
The cochineal insect, for obtai,;,. .
made many fruitless applications to ,.s
and Central America, was sent ~
through the kindness of Sir VIM. r.
Kew Gardens. but unfortunately III. !.
on the voyage
have also made inquiries with r.,.,
and facility of transportation Of the :
llama and alpaca. respectively in s,s,.
From the answers received it would =.
first might be bought in Sydney at M
and would stand the voyage well. n.
valuable not only for its meat as esn.
account Of the superior leather pre,..1
hide The Ham. would be a useful b.,I
in our high mountain districts, and ii,
well known, yieldss high priced WOO. 4.
which y increasing from year to year. n
there exists . law in Peru prohibiting ia
but General Miller has promised me. \
for that country. to use all his inSue. 4
leave for sending some animals here.
With regard to insectivorous bird.
say that all my endeavors to obtain d.
California have proved abortive. Ca
seems to lay 50 far out Of the ordinary y
business men in the land of gold, that a 4
for them seems to excite more astonisbu-
terest. l therefore avail myself Of ths
make an appeal to private parties, memb~
Of our Society, who happen to visit al
Oregon. that they will be kind enough /,
the birds, and by bringing them down 4
best thanks of the Society, which bod
refund any expenses incurred for this a
subject Of introducing animals preyn&
lower species Of insects, which spread q
upon our vegetation further every yes,l
itself seriously upon oura attention. Tat, Z
threatens to render the cotfee cultivation Z
almost impossible /; this summer, for the =
has also attacked the grape, which in La
yielded one-half of its usual crop. And
crop we can hardly expect again as lonsll
coccus continues to spread unmolested g
the caterpillar of a small greyish moth q
put the wheat growers Of Makawao ana
the necessity to resow their fields two a.
times, to reap in many instances orl,
We are in the unfortunate situation, |.
1900 miles from the nearest coast, ti
adhering to plants and oths
the tenacious oyala of thek d
insects.-(only recently | saw a rose ID
the attack of q new white-margined s.
while their natural enemies, generally 2
orders, which keep them in chez
do not follow by the same law. Our \
coccus indeed would seem to be n
tant Of our islands, and according to inf
from Mr.. E. Miner in Makawaon
destruction as now in 1896, '2I
in several parts of Maui. B5I
doubt that the introduction and spreM
sects as the c~occinella, hemerobius, q
would tend greatly to check the rayage
and coccus.
The great desideratum Of q nursery garden. il
reeds and plants can be deposHed and raised tI
where experiments on new plants are to be con
ally, and from which new plants and trees vii
he country, has been realised during the pas
and fine tract Of land IN Nuuanu Valley has b
operations in it have been carried on during tie
rhe Society has had the good fortune TO acqurr1
most able, active and intelligent gardener, MI
,ontented with a small salary, has devoted ALI
york entrusted to his care, 90 - to make tag
Dne that it 10 to him as much . labor of love =
having. with the small amount of labor s
broken up, prepared, laid out and almost filed 4
Jour acres Of ground, he has carried on expel
which prove beyond doubt that the ~cultiyaaa
must become q profitable one, laid out q field d
fSncf0rS0l for further experiments on the root
partly prepares the ground for a vineyard, AM
6eids for new kinds OF grasses and clover, n
garden have. of course, been considezble-I
consideration Of the limited funds Of the Soier
tinary expenses Of this year, however, rs The
repairs Of stone wall and construction Of a ~
of q new road for the natives claiming a right
land, fitting up Of the gardeners house, purtx
n tools ed Implements, viii not recur anh
running expenses viz : gardeners salary aDfn
which may he estimated At $1,000 a year, e-
he annual income Of the Society, and thougi 4
establishment begins to pay q little, still Il b
hat for the next two years, the expense d1
Eass considerably its revenues. Under thex
you'd here take the liberty to tie
sarien to its many friends, and particularly Il
81 Honolulu, with the intimation that cur pA
Always be ready to receive thankfully any VI
lion which may be offered FOR the success Of to
lHree Scars tfuaes u - caicuiated that te 60
sustain itself
In conclusion, ! win here acquit myself Of n
'f Offering my varmest thanks 70 the manylsz
Who have so kindly assisted and furthered :
benefit Of the Society. in especial to His Naroy
President, R. c. Wyiiie, Ills Majesty's Conf mis-
and Lima, Mr. Chas- ST. Julien and Nh. Thos =
ferd- Muller. in Melbourne, and Mr.. Chss. "
% DR.. and Mira Guillou, Capt. and Mrs. Sewe
Dr.. Hutchinson ia LAhaina. DIR. Dumas Of tk
eurydics, to the resident Manager Of the Al
lions, TO the Rev. DR.. Gulick in the island Of
sawkins in Trinidad, Mr. j. Wilson IN Janss
in Albany, and last, not east, 10
promoter OF every liberal and noble UNDER
dooker, the Director VI the Royal Gardens al
Respectfully submitted Va
Honolulu, October, 1855
Correspondence of the Pacific Commerca
Mn. EDITOR In your notes On ~
the Hawaiian Islands long since rg