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A VISIT TO MO AN ALU A. 
One of the most instructive of the smaller expeditions which 
can be made in the environs of Honolulu by the agriculturist is 
that to the Moanalua, where are situated the gardens and country 
seat of the Hon. S. M. Damon. Grouped here at the foot of the 
beautiful valley are found miniature orchards of sub-tropical fruit 
trees, orchid, fern, palm and rose houses, and all the accessories 
of an agricultural nursery, wherein is carried on in a practical 
and scientific manner the propagation of well nigh every economic 
plant which finds a home in the Hawaiian Islands. 
The gardens at Moanalua are under the direction of Mr. Donald 
Maclntyre, who, to an intimate knowledge of the best garden- 
ing methods of his native country of Scotland, has added many 
years of practical work in sub-tropical horticulture. 
An effort is made at Moanalua to make the gardens yield a 
supply of everything requisite for the table, that can be grown in 
Honolulu, and to this end, small divisions are allotted to many 
diversified uses. Here a small cluster of fragrant coffee trees 
may be seen in bloom, near by an attractive orchard of thrifty 
papaias are seen loaded with fruit, a little further on is a well 
protected clump of heavily laden fig trees, and beyond a succes- 
sion of beds devoted to selected varieties of ripening pineapples. 
In this way an hour or two spent at Moanalua, is able to give to 
the visitor a practical demonstration of the possibilities of Ha- 
waiian agriculture which would otherwise take much longer to 
acquire. 
A great feature is made of the propagation of selected varieties 
of mangoes, and a considerable proportion of the grounds is given 
over to this purpose. In spite of the prevalence of disease among 
the local trees, those at Moanalua are all particularly clean and 
thrifty. This condition is only maintained by constant vigilance, 
but the splendid appearance of the foliage and the promising indi- 
cation of the coming crop, amply repay the efforts expended in 
this direction. The majority of the younger trees are grafted and 
much work has been accomplished at Moanalua in this and in 
other methods of propagation. 
Mr. Maclntyre has lately departed for Manila, on a trip es- 
pecially undertaken to procure the introduction of desirable varie- 
ties of mangoes. For this purpose, great preparations have been 
made, for on account of the rigid enforcement of the regulations 
to exclude exotic plant enemies from Hawaii, special precautions 
have been necessary. To prevent this the soil in which the new 
trees will be propagated has been conveyed to Manila, and will 
there be kept in a specially constructed house until the plants are 
