The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-30
LECTURES At TIKI:
COLLEGE Of HAWAII

Planting the Home Grounds ami
: Rice and Its Culture by Professors
". I. Pope and F. G. Krauss. were
the subjects of lectures delivered at
the College of Hawaii last night.
Professor Pope 8 lecture was large.
ly an outline of directions for beaut!
flying our lawns. Though we have a
i large number of decorative plants, vet
greatest attraetiveness may be obtain.
ed by planting a few, and let those
few be in harmony with the general
surroundings Then, too, plants should
be chosen that come into bloom or fine
foliage at different seasons. The
paintings should be made along the
walks or margins of the house or lawn.
Many of our lawns are injured in their
beauty by planting shrubs and trees
promiscuously in them.
The time of planting is not so i'm
portant here as in many parts of the
mainland, but in general TRANSFORMING
may be most successful if made Just
as the plants are emerging from their
dormant periods, or at the beginning
of the rainy season
In transplanting, the ground should
be thoroughly loosened to promote
drainage. The roots should be pud-
died In mud and then the surface dirt
packed about them. The tops should
be well cut back and the plant protect
ed from the wind.
There are number of good books
on the subject, such as Beautifying
Country Homes, Maynard Land.
seape Gardening Longs tfOrnamen-
tai Gardening's; Picturesque Garden
ing by Henderson, and 'tFIora of
the Hawaiian Islands" by Hillebrand.
The magazines Craftsman, Country
Life and Gardening are all good
The lecture was well illustrated with
lantern slides, and lists of plants were
handed to the audience.
Mr.. Krauss brought out the fact that
rice Is the most extensively grown of
all the cereals and is perhaps the old
est TODD grain. Rice was introduced
into Hawaii about 1857 by Mr. Hol-
stein, the father of the present Speak
er of the House Of Representatives.
As food, rice is among the most
nutritious of the grains, and has been
the sustenance of the Chinese for ages
When planted after the method in Ha-
waG it yields more abundantly than
the ether grains. Though rice Yields
well and produces two crops per year,
yet the rice growing industry is on the
the Ia hnp to YroInan &c
growing short.
Our rice production now amounts to
about two and half million, and it
now occupies about all the available
land. The industry is a profitable one,
land rental being from $40 to $50 dol
lars per acre, and the crop often |
amounting to 5000, but the average is |
about 800.
The rice plant was described in its |
various parts. The rice grain is more |
starehy than the other grains, but the |
starch is very easily digested. The |
rice is low in proteins when it is too |
highly polished, yet when eaten with |
fish or beans makes nutritive ration |
for a working man. There is an opin-
ion that the imported Japan rice is
better than the Hawaiian rice, but the /
composition by chemical analyses does
not show this.
There are some 40 varieties grown
by the Experiment Station. The varie-
ties may be classified according to
color, time of ripening and culture
Rice lends itself to improve
ment very readily. The station is now
working with these varieties with
view to improving the promising ones.
Specimens of number of these varie.
ties were shown, both in the straw, as
paddy and hulled. A number of slides
were shown illustrating the various
forms and types of rice.