The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-09
A TREE NURSERY
A Visit to the King Street Gov
eminent Station.
is A FREE SUPPLY DEPOT
Thousands of Young Trees-Fruit
and Shade-Crounds Should
Be Improved.

There is no more interesting place
in the city OF Honolulu than the Gov
eminent Nursery. From the outside it
looks more like a forsaken homestead
than anything else, but that fact gives
no index to the beauties contained in
side the whitewashed fence. To tell
the truth it is one of the prettlest
spots here and is much more fit to be
called a park than any Of the places
so-caHed in Honolulu. 1t contains
trees and shrubs that it would be well
for the people of Honolulu TO get ac-
quainted with. 1t is place that
strangers from abroad would think or
visiting the very first thing if they
knew anything al all about it. The
very best way to advertise one OF the
best attractions of the place would be
to fix it up so that people would care
10 go there. AS it stands now only
people interested in botany and all that
goes with IL would visit the place,
whereas it should be made a spot OF
public interest. Ask the majority OF
people in the city about the Govern
ment Nursery and what viii be the
consequence? They will ask you in
establishment where the place is.
| For the benefit of all it might be
| said that the Government Nursery is
very close to the turn to the Waikiki
road on King street and may be easily
| found if one seeks out large Danyan
| tree on the town corner and for an
other of the Chinese species little
| farther in.
Just at the present time sidewalk
is being placed about the grounds and
it is to be hoped that this will soon
! lead to a new fence and new gates and
! new walks, so that the stranger COM
| ing to Honolulu will know where the
Government nursery is.
A person has to enter the place from
| the back. The front part is too unln-
| viting and, aside from that, 1t is diff
ficult to find an opening in the fence
large enough to admit person, much
less "a carriage. The forester's house
is to the rear and everything else OF
important is to the rear.
About IS months ago, d. Haughs,
| Scotchman by birth, took charge OF
the place and still remains at the
hem. Previous to the time stated he
was in charge of the nursery on Tanta-
lus and previous TO that, he was IN
charge of the nursery up in Naalehu
to which place he had been sent by
VIM G. Irwin from the botanical gar
Idens in Edinburgh, Scotland.
you ask me what my greatest work
has been since [ connected myself
with this place and answer truthtully
that it is the raising of trees for dis
~ 5;fforoDt ,Nar+S of the CITY y
said Mr.. Haugh when l first came
here it was impressed upon my mind
that the people of the city wanted
trees and the more I got planted the
better. Of course, you know that we
do not raise any flowers" here anC
that anything besides trees for planting
cut, are out of order.
''To start with l will give you lis
of what [ consider to be the most i'm
Iportant trees on the place. l will men
ton first of all the ritonia saltquay
the algarOba or cral bean, from which
is made the ST Johns bread People
here think that they have the true
lalgaroba in the tree that grows so com
monty about the city and suburbs, bu
| they have not The true algarOba a
lit is found on the nursery grounds, Is
a tree that has a rather prominent leaf
very much like that of the acacia. Il
is a beautiful foliage tree and II l
does we'll here, will prove one OF the
! most valuable of trees. The first bear
that has come to maturity in the Isl
ands is to be found here and nothing
is guarded with more care than i
this one bean. The beans are used II
the country from which the plant
comes, for both man and beast anC
is said to be one of the most whole
some fC0d stuffs known. In appear
ance. the fruit is very much like tn
common algarOba bean found here, bu
a little thicker. and if anything, a lit
tie shorter. To the taste, they ar
sweet, like the ordinary algaroba beans
If the tree is a success here ii will b.
planted extensively for distribution
The tree now so commonly known a
aIgaroba, is a native of Mexico.
''Weu. to digess from this a bit,
might say that the palm trees hay
! the largest demand Of any here. No
day passes but some one comes q
| ask for palms. They seem to be salts
fed with any kind, just so they ar
t palms. Of course. you understand tina
al the palms are raised from seed
and they grow in excellent shape too
There is no need whatever for a pro
pagating house. The pTOpagating /
all done cut in the open air. That i
1.-The advantage of this country.
Il might mention the iTOnwOOd tret
next to the palms Just lately, a larg'
number of seeds were collected from
the trees at Kapiolani park and, ate
having been dried. were planted il
: the boxes that YOU see here IN a0un
dance. They are a valuable tree an'
= are being planted extensively in Nun
; anu where they are considered as The
! best wind breaks. They are very strOn.
at the same time. can be swayed here
and there without a damage. The
Government has ordered a great man!
more for Nuuanu and I am being KEEP
very busy planting the seeds.