The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-13

improve the landscape and make the
woods more accessible. All this must
be done without retracting from the
woodsy atmosphere of the grounds.
The first step in such work is clear.
ing away the underbrush The way to
do this is to clear out only the bushes
which produce neither blossoms nor
brilliant leaves. When possible it is
best to leave all the wild vines to take
their own sweet Will in festooning the
trees. There are times, however
when this cannot be permitted with
out sacrificing the health OF fine
tree. 1t is very seldom that a vine
is worth the sacrifice of good tree.
After cutting out the underbrush
look over the plot and select the trees
which can be spared to the best ad-
vantage in obtaining certain views.
Last autumn l was called on to re-
model a woodland connected with a
large country estate in such a way
| that a certain sea view could be had
from the house. After spending two
whole days examining and planning
went to the owner and told her
candidly that the choice was between
cutting down several exceptionally
handsome native trees and building an
addition to her house.
81 showed her how by charging her
piazzas l could give her the beautiful
view simply by trimming a few in,
significant trees. The result was that
an architect was called in and he
made the plan for very desirable ad
dition and l trimmed the trees requir.
ed for the view. This is one of the
cases which convince me that people
are gaining a more just appreciation
of forest trees. A few years ago won
derful trees on that same estate were
chopped down to give the house a
better view of the sea.
oaks are being planted in the place
of elms throughout this section of the
country. At one time it seemed as
though all our old elms were doomec
but in the last few years the younger
and more vigorous of them are -four
, ish.ng under the treatment given then
by trained foresters.
More and more people appear to b,
awakening to ae just valuation of ouI
native trees. Twenty years ago thu
; grounds of large country estates Sc
out ornamental trees indigenous t
other parts of the world Now the de
mand is for the very trees which wer,
cleared off to make room for the orna
mental varieties.
ITO a certain extent the same i
true of fruit trees. l have had mum
Der of orders to plant native frui
trees on the grounds of coutry es
tates. Do you know what was tn
origin of this fad? 1t was because
few women discovered how healthfu
and tasteful were the wines, preserve
and jellies made from our nativ
fruits mean what is commonly cal
9 ed wild fruit They found that Their
4 was great difficulty in getting tn,
}, wild fruit so they are having youn
D trees set on their country estates.
n IF women prefer to specialize a
n foresters caring for orchards there
S plenty of work to be had, Half tn
= old orchards in this section are /
k need of expert attention. Many owl
e ers of orchards know how to manag
v them, but there are more who do no
} A forester who knows the bushes
d can take a rundown orchard and witt
in three years, sometimes one, max
S it produce fine crop of fruit. Whe
D. the farmers learn the value of the
a fruit trees they will pay for eXpe
a treatment and as a result get moi
y and better fruit.