unfortunately omitted and is presented in this number. The 

 series of papers presented by the Agriculturist of Kahehameha 

 Schools comprises, in a concise form, a very valuable and trust- 

 worthy addition to our scanty local literature on the care of the 

 Vegetable Garden. The difficulties which beset the tiller of the 

 soil in these Islands are, in the case of Gardening, seemingly in- 

 tensified. With this Department of Agriculture, as indeed with 

 all others in Hawaii, the amount of success attained, directly de- 

 pends upon the degree of vigilance and labor expended. 



The idea of ease and freedom from toil, so often associated by 

 the inexperienced with the tropics, is certainly not realized by the 

 agriculturist in this country. No luxuriant growth and generous 

 harvest attends the "careless scratching of the soil," to which ele- 

 mentarv operation the whole system of tropical agriculture has 

 often been reduced in popular literature. The rice fields of 

 Java, the land where nature has been most bountiful in those 

 gifts which would seem to assure a prolific return to agricultural 

 operations, alone bear witness to the tale of bricks which nature 

 exacts from those who would eat of the fruits of the earth. In the 

 Philippine Islands the same constant care is demanded of the hus- 

 bandman. Nor are the ancient irrigation works scattered through- 

 <out our Islands, in some instances still made use of by our sugar 

 plantations, silent as to the labor which was demanded to support 

 the demands of a larger population. A perusal of Mr. Krauss' 

 .series of articles will, however, show that few of the problems 

 to be solved are such as will not yield to intelligent efforts. We 

 liope that the writer will be induced to enlarge his articles and 

 embody them in book form. 



The artistic window display of Hawaiian grown silk exhibited 

 h)y Mr. D. L. Van Dine in Messrs. Mclnerny's Fort street store 

 affords another practical demonstration of the undeveloped re- 

 sources of the Territory. The Hawaii Experiment Station has 

 during the past year devoted considerable attention to determin- 

 ing the practicability of producing Hawaiian silk, and the exhibit 

 referred to bears testimony of success. As the Forester has often 

 urged, opportunities are not wanting for profitable agricultural 

 enterprise, but the need is of men of sufiBcient capital, industry 

 .and energy to take advantage of our local conditions. We look 



