The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-14
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Correspondence.

lin vpar issue ol the I'D Of November last -
,h,rt notice of the monkey pod tree-Pitheeolobiu
s,u,an. usually ealleI Samang-the cultivation Of
xbieh on an extensive scale, you earnestly Htvocate
a.. b,ur th.. best and most deslrabte forest shade
tree vet introduced here. far as We are swarc-
a. Of which most heartily subscribe 10 rs rrgaris
the distribution Of It's seeds, Of which you seem TO
claim a monopoly. very little inquiry woull have
.rrxe % ispeI that Ir.iou inasmgeh as Mr. Derby.
who happens 10 some Of the finest AMI most Pro-
Ia. ,rcss in town. has during the last two years,
and during his euratorship of the Royal Hawaiian
Agricultural society. distributed thousands.
sute rratItously. and and others 0f that soeiety
ls, year distributed very large quantities faF anil
near Narrower I have raised and have now Hour
t.hn in small flower pots. imported from san Fran
e,o al considerable expense for that special Pur-
pose, some hundreds of 6ne healthy young plants.
intended for sratuitous distribution. and am at this
uoment in the act Of planting n continuous row Of
them ON each s,Ie Of Emma street. along Its entire
length, which Will in q few years convert that fine
street into q splendid dlamSfa where fellow cIti-
rrus will enjoy n cool and refreshing promenade at
all seasons efectualIy protected from the too often
oppressive rays of the afternoon sun have already
given away great many Of these potted plants, and
all the surplus remaining; after completing the plant
inr Of Emma street and Emma Square, are quite at
the service II all who viii undertake To plant and
care eor them Bssides the Samang seed the Society
has gratuitously distributed bushels Of teak and
other valuable seeds in all directions, that the
magnitude Of your doings in that respect, althOunh
exaggerated, but still hullble, IS quite eclipssd
by those whom you assume TO lecture on their
apathy and inedieieney. II you will drive along
Emma street you viii see very unmstlkable
evidence Of rapid improvement in that and other
respects and in the Of that drive you viii also
enjoy another gratifcatlon in discovering (for
presume you To be unaware Cf the fact, else you
would certainly have itemize it, that that hitherto
unsghtly wilderness. caIlei EMMA ScrAEE, has been
poughed. cultivated and enclosed with che neatest
and tasteful picket fence 10 be sen in town :;
and tina; a large number Of palms and other choice
and splenId trees Of those imported by the Society
aud the Government in process Of being carefully
psnteI IN large hoies hIle with rich compost where
anticipate they will flourish and rapidly develop
their beauties. This have accomplished by means OF
voluntary subscription, Ito which presume you will
gly eontribge), and thus, that til lately insight
Iy desert, the soil Of which i rich and deep, will
shortly become Of the most ornamental and at
tTactive spots in or about the city
Allow me, in this connection, call your atten-
ton another frt that, within the last few days,
the Agricultural Society has acquired, by purchase
in fee simple, part Of the mauka portion Of Chung
Hoon's lot Of Llnd lying opposite the Royal School
Eroansls, near the top Of Emma street, the wes,
shie containing over an ACRE and half. a nucleus
sr a new g1r,len and nursery for the Society The
anil is OF flr quality anil well waterel by ancient
auw and the .e IS without exception the finest and
most picturesque at 80 convenient walking distance
from town At present the greater part of il Is
planted in kaIo anil Of this part possession cannot
- EaI hen, hall have
maturel but NJ this a condition without which
the purchase eoud not have been made. the Society
was compelled 10 eonceIe il. In the meantime the
curator feels eonaIent that little damage will
accrue % the collection of plants inteniel 90 be
transpttnte,I to the new ste IL shall be
cleared and prepared for their reception OF the
collection about thousand plants have already been
distributed 20 members Of the Society and others,
very many of which are furnishing and promise be
most valuable acces.ions.
Un,ler all these circumstances, AMI with such pa
teat facts palpably before the public. il with re
gret, IL with surprise, that foHnd you hal not
yet exhausted your vocabulary Of vitupertion asainst
that Society AMI it, Ocer appears by the article
in your paper of the III of November, in which,
while proclaiming your fully appreciated ser
vice in present AMI future distributing Of the seed Of
the monkey pol tree, you sty
that having Gn int ~ ntHi. q prvat- .pseaa-
tr- wh1 carr oaS GoIr aaf g4s[tsr (9I sieA
proc'4ry them through srati--
A greater ftlitcy Ito Use no harsher term) than
the above paragraph it would be difficult to con-
eoct- The simple tlet is that the Society has
never .old or received one cent for n monkey pod
plant full irmation of which assertion you viii
fnd on a reference To the Treasurer. learn from
Mr. Derby that he, last year. riise'i a feE plants
from seed for his use, and that persons who
called on him and them growing in boxes re-
questei him % part with them, prtserriHg 10 pay him
his price for them rather than undertake the trouble
Of sowing the seel, while he Oferei 10 give them
gratis find that the entire number Of plants ~
disposed % IRE. and the boxes eost him - cents
each The Saeiety does not claim mCnopolize his
entire time, snd be has quite much right 20 raise
plants for his he has to charge for music
lessons all Of which you could easily have asoer-
tained a rational inquiry. and have slsei yourself
from the preparation OF another blunder.
Neither yourself nor any one else who knows the
persons who constitute the Board of Management d
the Society for the year believes word d
your silly assertion that they are private specula-
tors - and bad you not studiousy suPprezsei al
notice Of the result Of the last annual election o.
officers that those at distance, who derive then
information local passing events from the columns
OF the r. C. -4frsrIiEsT exclusively, must bs in "
n0ranee Of the constitution Of the Board, shOulc
not have deemed your peuriIe allegation worthy 4"
any notice Imme'iiatsy before that election yo'
issued some stirring manfesOs which. PerhaPs, con
tr'buted To bring together by far the largest meeting
OF members which has Oceurre1 for many years; an
although that meeting did most emphatically mega
tive your view, IL Eaz hardly legitimate on you
part To suppress all notice of its doings Por the IN
formation of th0se whom you have stgdiously ksp
in the dark beg u subjoin the Il the presen
0sicers Of the Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Ssciety