THE JHAWAII AN 
FORESTER I AGRICULTURIST 
Vol. V MARCH, 1908 No. 3 
FLORAL PARADE. 
The increasing popularity of each successive Floral Parade in 
Honolulu renders the permanence of this picturesque event as- 
sured. The policy of selecting the Twenty-second of February 
has proved a most judicious one, and the hearty manner in which 
all nationalities in Honolulu vie with one another to add to the 
success of the day is one of the most gratifying features of its 
celebration, and affords an apt illustration of the harmony and 
good will which underlies the close association of many races 
who, to an unthinking observer, might be supposed to possess 
little in common. 
There is, however, one phase of the parade which cannot be 
viewed but with regret. To the lover of the beautiful in nature 
the almost total absence of natural flowers in a floral celebra- 
tion is disappointing in the extreme, and one difficult to reconcile 
with a land whose name we would wish to be associated on the 
mainland with a prodigality of floral wealth. It is not, however, 
from the artistic standpoint that we would desire this condition 
of affairs to be remedied, but from the utilitarian one of the ad- 
vantages which would be derived from encouraging the more 
extensive practice of floriculture in Honolulu. 
For a country so wonderfully adapted to the growth of flowers, 
Hawaii is remarkably deficient in those varieties suitable for 
decorative purposes. This is the more surprising when it is 
considered what good prices may be obtained for them and how 
profusely and quickly they may be grown when care and proper 
methods are applied. And this last we say advisedly for as it 
is always necessary that the peculiarities of local conditions be 
studied well in order to produce good results in any department 
of agriculture, with respect to the growth of flowers for cutting 
in Hawaii this is especially necessary. However, the difficulties 
when once understood are readily overcome and a full measure 
of pecuniary reward is assured to anyone who undertakes the 
work intelligently. 
The establishment of a competitive class restricted to vehicles 
decorated with natural flowers would do much to promote inter- 
est in this subject. In order to be operative next year it would 
