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We publish with much satisfaction in this number an extract 

 from President Roosevelt's Message to Congress relative to agri- 

 culture and the conditions prevalent in Hawaii. It is gratifying 

 to have such high acknowledgment of the duty of the mother 

 country towards our islands, and to be assured that an efifort will 

 be made to assist us in the way most befitting our exigencies. 

 When it is properly appreciated that their isolation has imposed 

 upon the islands duties out of proportion to the size of their 

 community, the day will not be far distant when they will receive 

 the hearty co6]")eration of the nation. 



Mr. Higgins' paper on the cultivation of the Roselle, to which 

 we alluded last month, is included in this number. It will be found 

 of especial interest to the growers of fruit, who hitherto have ex- 

 perienced a difficulty in obtaining that best suited for preserves. 

 The recipes given in the article for the production of jams and 

 jellies are very acceptable, and their use will enable the house- 

 keeper to join 'o her resources a most agreeable adjunct. 



Mr. J. F. Brown, who has taken an active interest in the 

 progress of practical forestry, and has rendered efficient service 

 in matters petaining thereto, has relinquished his active duties as 

 a member of the Board of Forestry. Mr. Leonard G. Kellogg has 

 been appointed as Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry for 

 a term of five years to fill the office rendered vacant by Mr. 

 Brown. Notice of this change appears in this number. 



Attention is called to an interesting contribution entitled "Seed 

 Distribution in Hawaii" that appears on another page of this issue. 

 The author, Mr. Charles S. Judd, does not need to be introduced 

 to the readers of this ir.agazine. Mr. Judd is now a senior in the 

 Yale Forest School. It will be remembered that as Special Forest 

 Agent, under the Board of Agriculture and Forestry, Mr. Judd 

 last summer had charge of certain forest investigations on Hawaii, 

 during which he had opportunity to visit a number of the places 

 mentioned in his article. 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 



Division of Agriculture. 



THE ROSELLE. 



By J. E. Higgins, Horticulturist Hawaii Experiment Station. 

 x\mong the different plants that have been experimented 

 with at the United States Agricultural Experiment Station 

 during the past year is the "Roselle" or "Rosella."* Th' 



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* The form "Roselle" is most in use in the West Indies and is given 

 the preference in Bailey's Encyclopedia of American Horticulture. The 

 form "Rosella" is common in Australia. 



