The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-06-25

for Ulupalakua. The road lies along the beach
for several miles, then ascends with an easy grade
to the plantation of Capt. James Makee, where
we arrived soon after dusk, and met cordial
welcome. The dwellings and mills are located
at an elevation Of some 1900 feet 1--WE have not
the exact fgures) above the sea, which gives to
the residence more cool and bracing atmos-
phere than is found in localities the shore.
This plantation extends from the sea far up the
sides of the mountain, and has every variety of
land, from the barren and rocky shores, to the
region bathed in perpetual clouds. 1t is the
most extensive estate on the islands, and, includ
ing purchase of 4, 400 acres recently made by
the proprietor, embraces Is 900 acres of land or
oUer t'0enty-three square miles of land Much
OF this however, bordering the sea, is of very
little value, even for pasture land; while the
more elevated portions, located from three to six
thousand feet up the mountain, are covered with
forests. 1t is the intermediate belt, lying be-
tween 1900 and 5000 feet above the sea, that
furnishes good cane and pasture lands, not SIM
ply to this estate, but other sides of this
volcanic pile which constitutes East Maui
Probably not more than one-ffth of the land
will be found available for the cultivation of
cane ON this estate of $4,000 acres.
A Mount ain Residence.
w hat more charming spot could be selected
for a country residence than mountain rising
10000 feet high, at an elevation on it just suffi
cient to secure perpetual verdure and sufficient
moisture, with the most salubrious and balmy
atmosphere imaginable, and from which the
most extensive if not the most beautiful and
varied panorama is afforded that the Imagination
picture. Besides the broad blue ocean
stretching off like carpet, to the raised horizon
on every side of this fairy scene, we have West
Maui rising boldly in front, and separated from
US by the bay of Kalepolepo, the distant little
villages of Waikapu and Wailuku skirting its
base, and the islands of Lanai, Moloka and
KahOOlawe, with the little rocky islet of Molo-
KIM at our feet, checkerng the scene and form
ing picture that artist might study for a
lifetime. Such is the site of the beautiful home
of Capt. Makee. which has appropriately been
named " ROSE RANCH''-such a home as the
poet sighed
IN a summer ocean far of and alone,
Where leaf never dies in the still blooming bowers
And the bee banquets through whole of fowers
Where the sun loves to pause
That the night only draws
.r,r "a a an tim ,s, vsi % oe5 rss the aay i, We live
Is worth the best joys that life elsewhere can gve
A Planters Garden.
As the stranger enters the garden in front of
the dwelling, he is struck with the novelty
around him-so unlike the scenery usually met
elsewhere on these islands. Conical pines, cy-
presses and evergreens, stretching up thirty or
forty feet, and skillfuy trimmed, line the avenue
to the door, and impart princely air, which
fails to leave the visitor during his stay Roses
of a hundred different varieties, grow here in all
their native vigor, producing trees twenty feet in
height and flowers of fabulous size, color and
beauty. Almost every variety of flower cultiv-
ated in gardens in the temperate zone, when
introduced here, grow with remarkable thrift,
as if in their native soil and climate.
How to Train the Lantana.
While here, we observed the lantana trained
to grow like tree, and not, is almost invarir
ably seen elsewhere, like bush. This plant,
which was introduced in 1855, from Chile, by.
the late John Laid is becoming very abundant
around Honolulu, and though not remarkable
for beauty, may be trained. when pruned, to
become an ornament to any garden or house
yard. In Capt. Makee's garden, we found it so
trained that, when covered with its yellow and
variegated flowers, it is one of the prettiest
attractions there. Where left to run wild, it
will soon become a weed, har dly less noxious to
the gardener than the indigo.
About Peaches
Of fruit trees, the peach grows here lnxuri-
autly and produces very abundantly. A large
number of peach trees, perhaps hundred or
more, surround the dwelling. Occasionally one
is found that produces fine fruit, but generally,
like most of the peaches grown on these islands,
the fruit is rather Indifferent and inferior to that
grown in other countries. This arises from the
fact that seedlings, trees raised only from the
seed, will produce fruit here, the choice imported
stock Generally failing bear. Or at least lI.l-
ported trees have not done we'll so far.
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