The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-06-11
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

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RAIN AND TREEs.-Although it is near midsummer,
and the d~og-days are fast Fastening along, We will
venture to again urge our readers to plant trees
Seeds can now be obtained in abundance, and the
young plants started in boxes or pots ready for
transplanting against the return of the rainy season,
if it ever does return, for We had almost no rain last
winter. Cocoanuts, algerobas, or pride Of midas.
will grow rapidly any where; but it is better to plant
fruit trees. where possible. for they require no
more care and yield a reward for the trouble. ! Man
goes and guavas grow most rapidly and bear fruit
NEST quickly, but tamarinds and oranges also do
well in certain localities. Many who have the best
means of judging correctly, think that the continual
cutting down of trees for fuel all over the group,
is having an injurious effect in rendering showers
less frequent. our climate more dry and our soil
more arid. One thing is certain, that some dis
tricts of the group frequently suffer from drought,
which formerly had au abundance of moisture, and
streams have become much reduced in size. On
this island il particular, it is sheer vandalism to cut
down trees anywhere but on the mountain tops.
And every time we see n cocoa nut tree felied in the
beautiful grove at Waikiki, we wish there was a law
to enable US to prosecute the villains engaged in
destroying n forest which can never be replaced, and
the absence of which may affect the agricultural
value of the whole leeward side of Oahu. Yet the
work of cutting down these cocoanut trees still goes
on. Let every man feel himself bound to preserve,
plant and rear trees, wherever he may live--in the
city or country-and posterity viii! reap the benefit,
if not this or the next generation. Rev. DR.. Ander-
son, who has Travelled over the ancient eastern
countries, remarked to us the other day, tkat from
his observation in travelling over these islarGs there
was much to be feared from the cutting down of
opr trppS and f,raStS Snma 1iStrinta Of p,la-,;,a
Asia Minor and India. he instances. which were
once rich gardens, are now barren and leahess
wastes, and many streams are either wholly dried up
OF have become mere brooks. And if the denuding
process that is now going on here is not checked by
legislation or other means, it will not be many years
before our hills and plains will become barren, and
the valleys alone be left for cultivation. In a late
English paper, we fud the following item, showing |
the different effects of the preservation Of forests and
of cutting them down:
EXHAUSTION OF THE SoL~-The London Times complains
t iy',;a. =, ~ ~ IN uSt"F u me ~"rIl 700 tas': lncesSant cul,
uSati'n, II L aHessi' Is stripping earth OF IT. coat OF mould
which cannot be replaced except by a return to the primevaI
very "L arm Ir b ssn'im nitmr., I ar I hir,n round hgnares' in India,
rich "a ever. Tie country round Damascus was a garden in
the beginning Of history, and is a garden now. No forest has
Of Asia Minor artificial. Districts have. 1t is true. nensl-
iii the rain ceased. and the wells sank. a. i. now occnrrinr in
some parts Of Upper India. When we conquered the Panjaub
would have become like the Babyionian desert. anu from the
cause, 4 sterile Tlain.-Lo"don Spectator.
NATIVE ToBACCo-Nir. f. Elbing has left viii us
of cigars, chewing and plug tobacco, pre-
pared by him, in Honolulu, from the native plant.
They are of course quite fresh, and destitute of that
aroma which age alone gives to tobacco aud
;igars. Why is it, when tobacco is raised so easily
rs it is all over this group, on the lee as well as the
windward sides,-that cigars are rot manufactured
to supply the home demand 1t required last
year, to pay for these articles, imported from foreign
over seven thousand dollars. Messrs.
)pitz & Gruben of Waimea, on Kauai. some years
go succeeded in making very choice cigars, and
hough they were said to be deficient in the peculiar
of the imported, yet would have .rnet a
air sale. Their manufacture was found to be ex-
ensive, and so is that of every new article sought to
De produced here. 1t requires time to learn the
,eculiarites Of the plant, and capital to allow the
igars - to season. or acquire a rich favor but we
no doubt that had those who are acquainted
the culture and manufacture of tobacco. only
We should ere this have been able 20 pro.
tobacco and cigars of some kind in sufficient
Quantities to meet all domestic consumption. BY the
way, We have had lying in our drawer fr some
inc, an excellent essay on the cultivation Of tobacco,
from the Spanish, by Mr.. Wyllie, by order
+ His Majesty, which We hope 10 find space ere long
Or insertion, in whole or in part.
REFITTED.-The clipper packet Kamoi, which has
cen thoroughly overhauled, including recoppering,
uring the past month, left port last night in charge
her old and favorite skipper, Capt. Shepherd, who
as proud of her as any damsel would be with a
CIV silk dress. Without bestowing any superfuous
where there are so many clippers, all Of which
aim to be the best, we must be permitted to repeat
hat those old San Francisco pilots in the Daniel
CNessrs. Shelly & Palmer.) said while in
that Of all the vessels we had running. they
ould prefer the Kamoi for comfort, speed anG good
ling qualities. -
SPORT FOR Doc DAYs.-A more healthful exercise
an Qu0itS for "A dull and hot afternoon, was never
,acticei, and we are pleased TO see so many en-
in it. During the past week there have been
veral match games between some Scotch and Yam
e players, which have excited much interest; At
e latest resting of the match, the result stood a tie.
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