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inch. Mix the excavated soil with we'll
rotted COW manure in the proportion OF
about one part of manure to six or seven
parts of soil. Pulverized sheep manure,
II used. should be in the proportion of
one to ten.
Make the holes for the plants suffl-
ciently large SO that the roots may be
spread out naturally. not cramped up. as
would be the case were the hole too
small. Remember always to give plenty
Of root room. Before putting in the plant
pour about pint Of water into the hole
and allow 1t to soak into the soil before
setting In the plant. Fill in around the
plant, having the soil come to the earth
mark that you will find on the plants
just above the crown of the roots. Do
not set the roses too deeply into the
ground. On the other hand, do not set
them so shallow as to expose, either
wholly or partly, the crown of the roots.
After the plants are set out give the
whole bed a thorough soaking Spread
about a teacupful of pulverized sheep
manure on top of the soil at the base OF
the plants about every two weeks When
watered this will soak into the soil. thus
giving plenty OF plant food. After-culti-
vation consists merely of stirring the soil
about once a week and after each rain,
as soon as 1t can be worked.
Roses so planted and cultivated will
grow. flourish and bear great numbers
of blooms during practically the entire
summer
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A BORDER.

illustrate the difference between landscape
gardening and the scattering. over the
place of mere ornamental features. Have
some one central and emphatic point in
the picture. picture of a battle draws
Its interest from the action of a central
figure or group. The moment the incl
dental and lateral figures are made as
prominent as the central figures the pic
ture loses emphasis. life and meaning.
The borders of a place are of less i'm
portance than it's center. Therefore. keep
the center of the place open; frame and
mass the sides. Avoid scattered effects.
Flowers Are Most Effective.
Flowers and high-colored foliage are
most effective against background of
green foliage. A flower bed in the center
of a lawn is only flower bed: against the
border planting 1t is not only a flower
bed. but it may be also structural part
CT the picture. Flowers are incidents in
landscape picture. They add emphasis,
supply color give variety and finish: they
are ornaments, but the lawn and the
mass paintings make the framework. One
flower in the border, and made an Incl
dent of the picture, is more effective than
twenty flowers in the center of the lawn.
More depends upon the position which
plants occupy with reference to each other
and to the structural design of the place
than upon the intrinsic merits of the
plants themselves. Landscape gardening,
then. is the establishment of grounds In
such a manner that they will have ma
ture-like or landscape effect"
One or two examples Of well planned
and effective landscaping as applied to or
binary city lots will not be out of place;
the same plans, amplifled If necessary. will
apply equally well in suburban locations
In the first example. the yard contained
originally only a single pear tree. The
shrubs, etc, used in landScaping the place
are all wild grOwths such as may be OBJ
tanned in almost any woodland; varieties
not to be found about Washington may
be replaced by any of a hundred other
native growths fully as effective. In the
first example. the rectangular bay formed
by the steps and the porch foundation has
been filled with q border planting two
feet wide along the middle portion Of the
foundation. ten feet wide at the corner
next the side of the house, and eight feet
wide beside the porch steps. Next the
steps a fine plant of bramble (Rubus
odoratus) was set, while at the opposite
end Of the planting is large dogwood
(Cornus BaileyD. The remainder OF the
space is filled with asters, golden-rod and
wild sunflower. Outside an opening for
the walk that passes around the house Is
a projecting mass of shrubbery composed
Of ten plants-exochorda, arundo. or reed,
sacaline and variegated leaved alder The
planting across the front of the porch
measures about fourteen feet, screening
the entire foundation and. as gardeners
say, marrying the house to the ground.
This also gives the effect Of border TO
the lawn The whole effect is pleasing;
the porch is screened away from the
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MAKE A COMPOST HEAP.
No Garden Complete Without Place
for Refuse.

Now Is the time to start a compost
heap, without which no garden IS COM
plete. Gather all vegetable refuse in q
convenient location where 1t will be out
Of the way and yet readily accessible.
Sods, tufts Of grass, dead leaves. soil,
straw and kitchen refuse all go to make
up the compost heap; stratify with suf-
ficient stable manure to insure moderate
ly rapid decomposition. Add the drop
pings from the poultry house. II chickens
are kept also throw on the heap the dish
water washwater, etc. AS the heap builds
up, land plaster. bone meal. wood ashes
and a little air-slaked lime may be added.
When the heap is four or five feet high.
cover with a light layer of garden soil
and SOW over the top clover of any kind.
COW peas, turnips or vetches. to shield
the heap from light. which hinders nitrif-
cation. There Is no necessity for turn
ing the heap frequently. as many writer's
direct; IL the heap seems to be drying out
under the hot midsummer sun. throw
over 1t a few pailfuls Of water. So made.
the compost will be ready for use for fer
tilizing next springs garden. being much
superior to fresh manure or commercial
fertilizers.
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street, while the small lawn is left open
and free in the center-not cluttered up
with scattered, ineffective specimens.
Another System Of Treatment.
The second example Is the treatment OF
a back yard 5Ox9O feet. The owner, desir-
ing to have a tennis court. could not do
a great deal in the way of decorating or
landscaping, but what was done was done
effectively. No driveway cuts the yard up.
the rear alley being at the back of the lot,
ninety feet from the house. Along one
side and separating the lot from that of
the adjoining place is strip planted with
wild groWthS-a regular woodland border,
as one observer expressed it. This Is plant
ed with all sorts of wild flowers, gathered,
roots and all. while the gardener was on
woodland exploring tours. Near the lower
end of this strip Is rose bush, and close
by this is yucca or Spanish bayonet.
Farther over is large clump of golden
rod. In the other lower corner of the
yard the owner has built rustic bark
covered cabin, the front of which is COW
cred with wild honeysuckle vines. The
border plantation, of forsythias, barber
ries, wild alder and other wild bushes,
runs across the front of this cabin which
is very small structure, used as a tool
house mainly. A screen Of Russian null
berries near the corner of the house shuts
the clothes-drying yard away from the
rest of the lawn. while at the end Of this
screen is an arbor covered with wild
grapevines, used as playhouse by the
children. Near the house. at the side
opposite the arbor Is handsome clump
of lilacs. Between the lilacs and the
arbor Is vine-screened structure, wholly
open save for the vine covering, forming
a hammock support The open space in
side the paintings has been we'll grassed.
is kept closely clipped. rolled until 1t Is as
level as a billiard table, and makes an
ideal court for lawn tennis.
These are two examples Of what can be
done in the way of artistic decorative
landscaping on small places. The anna
teur who loves the woods and who has
an observing eye can always get hints
from the manner in which nature makes
her plantations. He can also get from
natures nurseries almost all the small
trees, shrubs, vines. flowers and the like
necessary In landscaping a small place.
Bromidically speaking. Rome was not
built in day; neither is pleasing land
scape garden made in a single year. 1t
| takes time to bring a place to a state ap-
preaching artistic perfection, and impa-
tience for immediate results spoils q
place more frequently than does lack Of
taste. Four or five years, at least, will be
necessary before a new place will be
made to assume its true picture form.
But during all that time the plantations
will be growing, the beauty of the whole
scheme will be developing, and when II
is completed, or as nearly 50 as properly
| HANDICAPPED places ever become, 1t will be
source of satisfaction to its owner and
| to every one who sees it.
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FLOWER GARDEN HINTS.
Five Fundamental Kinds Of Peren-
malls That Should Be In Every
Garden.

-vERY home should have flower
r. garden, but 1t should not be q for
- NAL. round bed set in the front door
yard. Set aside a certain portion of the
yard, preferably near the rear border. for
flowers. In this portion use both annuals
and perennials 1t will, however. be found
that In the long run perennials will be
most satisfactory.
OF perennials there are five fundamental
kinds that should be in every home flower
garden These are: Iris, peonies, lilies.
delphinium and phlox. These five kinds
will give a succession Of bloom throughout
the entire summer. To add to the above
five is a matter for personal taste and Sc
lection; seedmen, nurserymen and green
house men are ready to furnish you with
whatever you may want to add to the five
mentioned.
When planting flowers bear in mind the
necessity and the effectiveness OF proper
color combinations. Mass the warm COL
ors such as pink, red, blue, yellow and all
their variations and sprinkle in plenty of
white, to help the green foliage as q foil
If your plants harbor a number OF lady
bugs during the coming summer. do not
kill them or try to drive them away. The
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vine twelve feet high and covering a space
nearly 100 feet long; limitations of space
alone have kept it from adding many feet
to this phenomenal growth.
The vine begins blossnming In April and
more than once a bushel and a half of
blossoms have been cut from 1t at one
time. The vine has attracted much atten-
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Roses in Home Gardens
Are Always Delightful

FLOWERS may come and flowers may
go: new sorts of old varieties may
= be introduced, spring into popularity
for time, and then pass out. but the
rose goes on forever. Hybridization is go
ing on all the time among the rose grow
ers. and new varieties, some f which
possess merit while others prove worth
less. are being developed each year. There
are a few good ones among the thousands
OF experiments; one of these, introduced
by q Washington florist, is among the
worthy ones. 1t Is named the Queen Be
atrice. A photograph of blooming plant
appears herewith.
Rose growing is neither difficult nor ex-
pensive. A bed may be prepared simply
by spading into the soil sufficient guam
tity of well decayed cow manure or pull
verized sheep manure. The very best
roses however, are grown in trenches.
Trench the bed to the depth of eighteen
inches, removing the stones that may be
found for use drainage material in
the bottom of the trench. Place in the
bottom of the excavation from four to
five inches of stones, broken crockery,
cinders, pieces of bricks. etc. covering
this layer with straw to the depth of an
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TO DRIVE AWAY cUTwoRMs.

CutWorms are among the most oeadly
enemies of all sorts Of garden peas and
beans, sweet corn. sweet peas and many
other plants. They operate underground.
cutting off the plant just below the sur
face OF the earth. To kill them or drive
them away. procure small quantity OF
carbon bisulphide at any drug store and
drop a little into a small hole close to the
plants to be protected. filling the hole with
earth afterward. Make the hole by push
ing a lead pencil into the earth to the
depth Of an inch or so. The evil-smelling
fumes of the bisulphide penetrate the
earth in all directions from the spot where
1t is applied, killing and driving away not
only cutworms. but other pests, without
in any way injuring the plants them
selves. Carbon bisulphide dropped with a
medicine dropper into ant hills will also
drive ants off the place.
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green aphid and its eggs are the natural

green aphid and it's eggs are the natural
food of the ladybug In all it's stages; the
bugs do no injury whatever to plants.
A handy and odorless liquid fertilizer for
house plants. which may also be used to
advantage on plants growing out of doors.
is made as follows: Ammonium phos-
phate, 2 ounces; sodium nitrate. ~
ounces; potassium nitrate. IL ounces: am
monium sulphate. IL ounces. Mix tho
chemicals together and dissolve in five
pints Of water. In using. mix four ounces
of the solution with three gallons OF wa
ter. This makes an excellent fertilizer.
being especially good for ferns. Tho
chemicals may be had at any drug store
and should not cost more than 25 cents.
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WEEKLY PRIZE ARTICLE.

The IS prize article I'm this
weeks contest ON the subject,
@The Home Flower Garden" is
by Harrfette l.. Rand Of Ken
singtOn, Md. The article ap-
pears elsewhere on this page.
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N q certain promi-
nent corner in the
northwest, in a
neighborhood that
is unusually notice
able because of
handsome r e S l.
dences, we'll kept
lawns, artistically
planned grounds.
etc, there are two
houses. standing
back to back and
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MAIL.

SYDNEY, February 12.-Sir James
Mills, managing director of the Union
S. S. Company of New Zealand, who
has just completed an eight months
tour of Canada and England, arrived
at Sydney yesterday on his way home
to New Zealand. For some time past
he has been busily engaged in connee-
tion with a scheme for an improved
mail steamer service between Austria
liza and Canada, and there is every pos
sibility, he says, of the proposal being
shortly adopted. The Union S. S. Com
pany, which conducts the service, is
anxious to provide a better class OF
steamers, and to shorten the time OF
journey, but this necessitates an in
creased subsidy.
Under the existing contract, which
expires on July 81, the total subsidy
paid to the company is 100000 a year
of which Australia contributes ovel
f26, 900, Canada $4,000, and FIJI be
tween $4,000 and $4,000. The propose
which is before the Commonwealth gov
eminent, is to increase the annual sub
sidy by $4,000, bringing the total NJ
to fS5.O00. OF this additional amoun
Australia s portion would be between
$1,000 and $4,000, Canada's between
10000 and eli, 1000, and Fiji's abOu
5000 or f700
The Union Company, Sir James Mill
says, is prepared for the extra subsid,
mentioned to provide two more ney
steamers of the Makura class, and car
able of maintaining a speed of !
knots, to replace the Aorangi and Nc
ana. The time of journey would thu
be reduced from 22h days to abou
2lh days. The proposal is to ente
into a contract for term of thrc
years. Sir James Mills during his r.
cent visit to Melbourne found Il
Commonwealth government fayorab)
disposed, and the views of Canada a.
now being awaited,
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PRIZEFOR PARADEPOSTER
Continued From Page one.)

Continued From Page One.)
Seattle this summer. A committee ap.
pointed by the fair commission has
bought up about 100 bags of the finest
Kona coffee, which will be served in
Hawaii's building at the fair. A spe.
cial gas rooster and a grinder have
also been secured. j. N. S. Williams,
a member of the commission, has sug-
gested that few tons of raw Hawai-.
ian sugar be taken to the fair to be
served with the Kona coffee. Arrange.
ments have already been made for the
transportation of fresh fruit on every
steamer from here TO Seattle during
the fair, and papayas, pineapples, ALI.
gator pears. and other Hawaiian deli
caeies will be seen in the Northwest.
Chairman Wood of the Promotion
Committee has made plans for some new
booklets which will be given out at
the fair in Seattle. Judge Ballou has
kindly offered to Mr.. Wood the use
of number of splendid mountain
photographs which he has taken, and
these will be shown in the booklets.
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Northeast Gale blowing.

A storm, of kind that waterfront
ers claim has not been had here for
years, broke loose night before last and
as a consequence considerable damage
has been done on the various islands.
The wind is cold and has been accom-.
panied by dashes Of rain. Along the
Hamakua coast of Hawaii the effects
of the severe storm have been espe-
cially felt. A terrific rainstorm swept
North Hilo and along the Hamakua
coast yesterday and the night before,
and the damage was large, The Ian
pahoehoe bridge was washed ont and
the road was blocked when a side OF
the pail slipped down. Several bridges
near Waialxamilo and Papaaloa were
also washed ont. 1t is reported that
twelve inches of rain fell inside of
twelve hours at Hakalau.
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SUPERVISORS AND
MAYOR At PEACE
tFtom Thursday's Advertiser.l


Peace reigned over the deliberations
Of the Board of Supervisors yesterday
afternoon, the Mayor S appointments
Of road supervisors for Honolulu and
overseers for the country districts were
unanimously confirmed by the board,
the motions TO confirm coming in each
instance from Supervisor Logan. The
board confirmed the following nomina.
lions of Mayor Fern:
John II. Wilson, road supervisor, Ho.
nnluln.
Andrew Adams, road overseer, Koo-
lauloa-
}. 4. Paele. road overseer. Koolau-
poko-
chas. Knkea, road overseer, Waialua.
j. HI. Travis, road overseer. Eva.
These appointments release T. p.
Cummins from duty altogether as road
supervisor for Honolulu, and with him
win go his entire office force and the
head men of the stables in both the
Fourth and Fifth Districts. The ap.
pointment of j. X. Paele, Democrat,
cnts out Sol. Peek from the Koolaupoko
mad district. The Mayors appoint
ments of j. ii. Plemer for Waialua
and Kaahu for KoOlauloa, and John
Manoanoa for Eva, thus go by the
board in the compromise. Adams, Ku
lea and TRAVIS are Republicans.
When the road men were appointed
Mayor Fern suggested that it would
be right and proper to have each ap
pointee furnish bonds. He suggested
that some bonds had already beer
fled.
On motion Of Logan, however, the
question of bonds was referred to a
special committee consisting of the
Mayor, Deputy City Attorney Milver,
ton and Supervisor Quinn, to report al
tbe next meeting. Mr.. Wilson bond
was already on file; so also was Pa
ele's. The Mayor stated that there
was also u matter of appointments OF
poundmasters and he proposed to pre-
sent his appointments. Then ensued /;
tAAgled discussion as to whether tn,
board had any right or the Mayor haC
any right, or just who had authority
The Mayor said he was ready to ap
point but the board seemed afraid t
hear the name of the Mayors ap
pointee, and the matter was referre
10 the City Attorney, The Mayor sal
lotto voee: 'Look ont, you supervisor
or i may yet appoint a Democrat.
The joke of the matter is that tn
Mayors proposed appointee was RI
pablieaA. MT. Cox wanted VIM. Ka
Tatti appointed for Makiki.
On motion of Kane the followin
parkkeepers were confirmed: Thomf
Square, KahOinwa and Kahele; Emm
Square, Louis Aylett; Aala Park, Pi
Ian and Bishaw.
Residents Of the Sehnaek Tract
Nauann Valley wanted the road lea
ing TO their section put in good orde
as in its present condition 1t WI
dangerous to life and many aceiden
lad been narrowly ayerted.
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R|THET L|BELED
FOR s2O,6OO

Libel for $2O,6OO has been fled
against the bark R. p. Rithet by John
Brown, negro sailor who had both
his legs broken in an accident in the
hold of the ship short time ago. Ae-
cording to one authority, the libel was
filed against the Matson boat on Feb
ruary "a, the day the vessel sailed
from here for the mainland.
1t is understood that it was the in
tention of those handling the case for
Brown to hold the vessel here for some
time on account of the libel, but when
the Marshal came down to serve the
papers, the Rithet was outside the
harbor and therefore could not be-
touched. This makes the second boat
belonging to the Matson Navigation
Company to be libeled within the last
few months, the Hilonian going out I'M
| der bonds a short time ago.
1t appears that Brown was, with
others of the seamen on the Rithet, en-
gagged in unloading the cargo Of the
vessel, and several barrels of wine
| which were in the hold of the boat were
fastened together and hauled upwards.
| According to the libel, it is alleged
that the ropes were rotten and they
broke, letting the heavy wine casks
fall on the sailor. 1t is also understood
that one of the contentious that Brown
will urge will be that the cargo of the
Rithet was improperly put in the hold
of the vessel. Igsf
John Brown is not young man and
the accident went hard with him. He
is now on the streets but limps decided.
| ly. Captain L. p. Drew of the r. =.
| Rithet Is one of the best known skin
pers sailing into this port.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice is hereby given to all persons
having any claim against the estate of
Mikahala Kanuku Kaeo, deceased, Of
Lihue, County of Kauai, to present the
same to the undersigned at Lihue and
County aforesaid, duly authenticated
and with proper vouchers, even if
secured by mortgage upon the realty,
within six months from the day of this
publication, or within six months from
the day such claim falls due they shall
he forever barred. And all those who
are indebted TO said estate to make
immediate payment to the undersigned.
$. X. KAEO,
Executor.
Dated at Lime, Kauai. Mar. 8, 1909
3043.-Mar- 10, 10, 26, Apr. 2, o.
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Kukui Did Not Go.

On account of the terrific windstorm
which has been raging the last day or
so, the lighthouse tender Kukui u.d
not go over to Molokai yesterday morn
ing as had been intended. 1t was de-
cided that there was no use in making
the trip as the weather conditions
would probably not permit of land
ing on the north coast of the island
where Major Winslow expected to go
ashore.
On this account the Kukui will not
leave her dock until Monday morning
and the Molokai trip will be delayed
for several weeks. She will sail for
Hawaii Monday and will make the com
plete circuit of the island, visiting all
the stations and lighthouses there. Ma
jor Winslow or Lieut.. Moses will in all
! probability accompany the boat on this
voyage, which will be her second duty
assignment since arriving here.
The gasoline launch which was
brought down here on the Kulsui for
use in short cruises has been replaced
by a genuine surf-boat of the same
type as those used ON the Inter Island
steamers. These boats are very strong
and sarviceable for use in heavy sea,
anu ~ was iouhu lhat Huch ihoiS s"""
could be derived from one than from
the launch. The latter has no engine
as yet, but this will be installed later,
The launch has been transferred to the
wharf at which the Kukui is tied up,
SSSSSsSSsSssS>SeSSSS >SsSSSSsssSSSSsSS
Single, waiwaiole and Mr., Speaker
10.
Noes--Cohen, Hihio, Kaleiopu, Ka'
ma, Kamahu, Kaniho, Kawewehi. Ke
alawaa, Kinney, Like and Nawahine-
IL.
Kewalo Waterman.
The House stayed in session long
enough to receive a resolution from Ka
manoulu to appropriate $4,000 for q
Waterman in Kewalo. Adjournment al
'3:15.
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IRooUoIs ON THE WAYS.

The U. S. station tug Iroquois went
on the marine railway yesterday morn
ing, where she will be given a thor
ough cleaning, and her bottom may be
repainted. She collects considerable
refuse on her bottom by reason of the
fact that she lies so long at her dock
without being moved. The boat is not
very dirty at the present time, how
ever, and she will be taken OFF the
ways shortly.