Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-07
QUEEN KAPIOLANPS GIFT.
Bearing Coconnut Tree Sent to San
Francisco From Honolulu.

n bearing COcOnnuC Tree sent To san
Francisco From Honolulu.
Wrapped in its armor OF protecting
burlaps it looked very much like an
eXaggeration of the little wooden toy
trees familiar to every child. Bat it
was a queenly present. To be exact
in land where titles are transitory.
the tree is the gift OF the Dowager
Queen Kapiolani OF the Hawaiian
islands 1t is s1fargest cocoanut
tree ever successfully transplanted.
and the men about Golden Gate park
will testify to itsE..heit, for eleven
of them spent three hours in getting
1t of wagon ana transplanting it in
the conservatory. r
The Australia brought into port
this queens present as sort OF
recognition OF favors received fro m
San Francisco Mr.. Clifford is in
business in Hawaii and knowing
that several attempts had been made
to transplant fruit bearing cocoanut
tree to the park. he started in to help
from the Hawaiian end. In letter
accompanying the tree he tells OF
oOhAO Va biO
The tree selected was the. best to
be obtained within easy access TO
roads leading to town. he says ard is
fairly we'll supplied with young fruit
To better appreciate the difficulty OF
obtaining the particular tree wanted
Mr.. Clifford writes one should be- on
the spot and see the lay OF the coun-
i try. Trees especially older ones Of
dwarf habit having fruit on them. are
particularly difficult to find when
wanted in some special locality. easy
OF access for digging up and shipping.
Particular care should be taken in
the removal of this .ree. but owing
to its weight and the soggy nature OF
the under soil it took considerable
time TO lift it and reach the dock with
it 1t weighs about five tons and is
about thirty feet high. including
leaves. Four horses were re luired to
drag it to the wharf in Honolulu and
the same number were needed here.
Owing to the number OF telegraph and
other wires to be passed under en-
route to the steamer the tree could
not be carted upright but was car
ried over at an incline. In San Fran
cisco in removing it to the park sew
eral bales OF hay were used in the
rear to support it. 1t was made Sc
cure in both instances with enough
gearing and blocking to start house
mover in a good business.
Mr.. Clifford had strong bolted box
about five feet cubic dimensions mad Q
for the roots SO that no misfortune
could possibly happen. The foliage
was also wrapped in heavy bagging,
and was so we'll cared for in advance
that the cocoanuts which it bore were
not disturbed. Great haste as posi-
bic was made in getting the tree into
the conservatory. as Mr. Clifford wrote
that it would not stand the cold winds
OF San Francisco, and would pine for
its natural temperature.
AT the park The tree WASH allowed
to pine long. All the available help
was called in by Mr.. Gordon. aud
after three hours OF steady work 1t
was permanently planted just inside
the main gallery OF the hot house
where with the half stripped palm as
a neighbour. it stands several yards
] above its surroundings
Mr.. Gordon is not depressed by the
fact that previous efforts at trans
planting these trees have failed. but
fully expects to save this sample the
largest ever brought into the country.