The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-12

! ferae. The leaves are feathery with
very much the appearance of those of
the cypress
Now then as to the eucalyptus.
There is a great demand for these, but
the people who come for them, only
two or three They know that the
eucalyptus is a tree that takes all the
richness out of the soil. / have been
up on Tantalus for long while and
know that if people want to plant coffee
there, they will first have to cut down
the eucalyptus trees.
Alligator pears? Well, yes, we
have a few, but these ike tie others are
gone as soon as they have begun to
peep above the soil. You have no idea
what a demand there is for them. 1
might mention the papaia tree along
in this line OF course the common
tree would not be asked for at all, but
recently it got abroad that we had
some trees here from India and the
consequence was that all the plants
we had on hand have disappeared. The
trees are slighter shorter than the pa
paias that are commonly found here
and the fruits are long and thick.
They are much sweeter than the COM
mon papaias.
AS to alligator pears I have not
much TO say. We have planted great
many for distribution and the demand
for them still grows. We have now a
pear from Mexico that promises to out
shine the one known so commonly
here
Nov over here in the corner you
will find the allspice tree. You see that
it is not very large, but l am sure that,
with the proper cultivation, it will do
very well. 1t is a tree that would be
of the utmost value here. Near by is
the green and white striped bamboo
that a great many people would like
TO have, while back of you is the man
gosteen, supposed to bear the finest
fruit that grows. l have great hopes
that the tree will do we'll here AS
you see, the nine years of growth have
not sent it up very high yet. Over
there is the Macadamia nut tree of
Queensland and near by is the pecan
nut tree that you hear so many people
say will not grow here. You can see
for yourself that it not only grows but
has fruit on it just as in its native
cline. Just there is the Jamaica
mango, the finest of the kind that
grows. Its fruit is finer and sweeter
than any of the mangoes we have here.
You will notice that the branches
hang very close TO the ground and that
the tree is simply laden with fruit
There you see the teak tree of which
you hear so much. As in its native
country it takes a long time to grow
but when once grown, gives one of
the most valuable woods known. Over
there is the large sapotilla plum that
is rarity here, and just by, on the
side of it, is the cotton tree, so well
known in the South. 1t will grow
well here if some one will only go into
the work in earnest. There is no bet
ter country than this for cotton.
Just there you see the star apple
tree which bears the finest kind of
fruit. It is a favorite and, several
times in a month we have the honor
of call from Chief Justice Judd who
has taken a particular fancy to the
tree. The leaves, as you see, are brown
underneath while above they are green
and have a very prominent sheen.
The branches spread out like fan and
make very fine appearance.
over there in the corner you will
see a poor lonely kou tree. 1t does not
do well down here in town but We
have brought it down on account of
its scarcity. Even in its native haunts
it is scarce. The wood is much in de-
mand.
Now that l have given you a slight
understanding as to what we have here
I will give you list of the most i'm
portant trees in my mind that we have
been successful in growing. Here they
are:
Ceritonia Saliquay, Algaroba, cral
bean, est. Johns bread'0, Manihot
gIaniom (clara rubber, bombax silk
cotton tree), camphor tree, eugenia
pimenta (allspice tree, cinnamonum
fezlanicum cinnamon tree, bohmeria
ramu or ramies, macadamia ternifolia
nut tree), garcinia mangosteen, mann
mea apple, urania speciosa travellers
Tee), dammara kauri pine (yarnish
uee), bauhinia, jacaranda mimosaefo-
liza Qndian rose wood, sectonia grandis
(yeak tree, anacardium (casheu nut,
haemtoxylon campchianum Qogwood
tree, loquat or Japan medlar, Sapota
sapotilla plum, chrysophyllum star
apple, species of best manages, also
species of the most noted palms and
shrubs and trees of many kinds.
After giving this list, Mr.. Haugh
wandered to the other side of the
grounds to attend to an order for five
hundred trees that had just come in.
He took the matter calmly, called all
his Japanese assistants TO his aid and
in very short time, had filled the
order.
While the gardener was 50 engaged
the visitor had chance to look about
and observe few things. In the first
place, the grounds will have to be ar
ranged so that the water Will run off
easily. At the present time the trees
are being killed by the water which
goes in, settles and remains until the
sun can evaporate it. Two valuable
trees were found dead.
There are a great many trees of no
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