L’OS 
'PHE NA'l’IONAL NUKSERYMAN 
TRAVELING AMONG THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC 
Mr. James McHutchison Writes of His Visit to the Islands of Hawaii, Pago Pago and Samoa. 
It is (lillieull to look away from the wliirl of New^ York 
City business lilV for a day, yet I have always felt that a 
business man owes it to himself ami his fellows to broad¬ 
en his views, enlarge his horizon as far as praeticable. 
In no b(Mter way ean this be done, than by foreign trav- 
(ds. Esi)eeially intei’esting to a nurseryman or llorist is 
the v('getation he sees, he realizes what a very small rela¬ 
tive' nnmlx'r of [)lants or trees are known to him, and 
what a small niehe in the hortienltnral world he occupies. 
In 1912 1 gave' National Nurseryman readers a brief 
summary of my trip around and through Smith America 
and up th(' Amazon Itiver. As I write this on board the 
S. S. Ventura. w(' are in mid Paeilie—we cross the equa- 
through the Golden Gate, ai i’iving at Honolulu, the cross 
roads of the Paeilie, on the morning of April 13th. 
The Hawaiian Islands are the far famed “Islands of 
Itomanee.” It is alw ays May in fair Hawaii, w ith the 
soft trade wdnds tempering the natural heat of the day, 
with cool soft breezes. The gorgeous crim¬ 
son of the blossoms of the Paiurtana re¬ 
gia and the deep luxuriant green of the 
Royal Palms, line the avenues and boulevards of Hono¬ 
lulu. The purple Bougainvillea and the vari-eolored 
Uibisvus make of the hedges a blaze of color (there are 
800 varieties of Hibiscus growing there). Many of the 
best residences are beautifully embowered in Palms, and 
Pago Pano Harbor, Samoan Island. Cocoanut Irees in background. 
lor lo-moirow morning bound for Sydney, Australia. 
Fi’om llu're I ('xjx'ct to go to Victoria, and will return 
honu' \ ia tlu' Phillipint's. (90101 and .lapan. It is twenty 
yt'ars sinci' 1 h'ft Australia, and this is my lirst return 
there. -r 
Li'aNing Ni'w York City 5.30 ji. m. April Ist. on the 
Lak(' Short' Limitt'd and Overland Limited brought us to 
San Fraiu'isco 10.10 a. m. April 5th—3200 miles in three 
days. 20 hours. 2 minutes, via RulTalo. (90eago, Cheyenne 
and Ogdt'ii. This is Iht' I’outt' w hich crosses iO miles of 
the Great Salt Lake or “lill in” on piles—similar yet 
ditft'i't'iit to tlu' Floritla East Coast U. R.. which crosses 
the Kt'ys to Key West on concrete spans. We came 
even the humblest garden has quite a collection of Cro¬ 
tons. ( aladiums. Diejjcnbachias. Ferns and Palms. The 
Avocado, Ranana and Alango trees were covered with 
fruit not j et ripe. Everyw here there is the spirit of w el- 
come, expressed by the Hawaiian word “Aloha.” 
Honolulu itself, is a most cosmopolitan city, of about 
50,000, a good estimate being 35 per cent, natives, 25 per 
lent. Avhites, 20 per cent Japs, 20 per cent, mixed races. 
One school boasts children of 26 ditferent nationalities. 
Honolulu has a good service of trolley cars which run 
frequently to Waikiki and other beaches where the na¬ 
tive surf riders perform, and to the accessible environs of 
the city. There are many excellent hotels, line shops 
