Many people just shove a plant into a box without moss or any- 

 thmg moist, expecting the plants to arrive in good condition, 

 with the result that in most cases the plant dies. 



Another important matter in shipping plants from which the 

 soil has been removed, is that after planting them in the open 

 where the hot sun can reach them, good protection should be 

 given the plants with a covering for a few days until they can 

 get established. Very tender plants can be repotted and kept in 

 the shade for a few weeks, and then transferred to the garden 

 in a permanent place. 



These suggestions are very important and should be well con- 

 sidered by those who contemplate shipping plants. The plant 

 inspector's office is located on Kekuanaoa street at the rear of 

 Lucas' mill, Honolulu, where all information regarding the im- 

 portation and shipping of plants, fruits, vegetables, seeds and 

 all agricultural products can be obtained. 



Fl 



owers 



By R. I. LiLLiE. 



The highest success in flower growing presupposes persever- 

 ance and constant daily attention. He who is not prepared to 

 give this need expect only failure or at best mediocre results. 

 But the gardener who gives such attention and follows simple 

 principles will be surprised at the richness of the beauty which 

 will reward his efforts. 



I find there are four S's to be A'cry carefully considered, 

 namely : 



Seasons. I begin sowing my seeds for spring flowers as early 

 as November and keep on sowing at intervals to the end of 

 June. After that date, the weather generally gets hot and dry, 

 and, with the exception of a few fall flowers, such as cosmos and 

 dahlias, I find that, as a rule, poor results follow. The hot 

 weather forces the flowers into bloom without their gaining full 

 development and growth, and the results are very unsatisfactory. 



Our season here is at least two months earlier than California 

 and four months earlier than the Eastern States. This has to 

 be carefully considered,* as sowing seeds out of their proper 

 season will get but little response from the plants. I have heard 

 a local store man selling seeds to a lady and stating that we have 

 no seasons here and that you can sow seeds all the year around 

 in this climate and get good results. This is not so, and nothing 

 is more discouraging to a gardener than to find seeds dried out 

 and failing to germinate or producing spindling little plants with 

 puny flowers merely because the seeds were planted out of sea- 

 son. A plant always tries to catch up with its proper season; for 

 instance, sow cosmos in the early spring, and it will bloom before 



