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est in the work and has been instrumental in introducing the 

 seeds of a great number of grasses and' fodder plants for trial 

 imder dry conditions. Many of these will no doubt eventually 

 prove valuable. 



The first lot of seed was received from him in 1903 and sowed 

 earlv that year and though nearly all grew and many seeded, yet 

 few gave promise of being permanent grasses. 



Andropogon saccharoidcs, feather sedge grass, seeded and 

 spread' to some extent, and subsequent lots of seed received under 

 the name of "fuzzy top," the same grass or a variety of the species, 

 gave greater promise. The latter seeded well and lived through 

 the droughts. It is growing very strongly this year, and will, I 

 think, be a valuable addition to the dry land grasses. 



Sporobolus "u'righfii showed remarkable drought-resisting 

 qualities and grew from scattered seed' on the salty land. 

 It also grew on the higher dry country, but did not make much 

 growth. Others that have shown well are as follows : Poufcloua 

 curtipendnla, side oats, or tall grama, is the best of the gramas 

 and did well from scattered seed. It grows well and seeds o'\ 

 pretty dry country. BouteJoiia hirsuta, black grama, did well in 

 the garden and yet may show in the open. 



Sporobolus cryptandons did well in the garden and will, I think, 

 yet make a showing in the pastures, as it seems verv hardv and 

 seed's freely with little moisture. Mnlenber'zia pcfrcii, Hilaria 

 inutica, Panicuni biilbosinn, sand lucerne and Turkestan alfalfa 

 are other drought-resisters. The above are all perennials. 



A number of annuals were tried, grasses, beans, and salt- 

 bushes. Of the two former there- were no results of any note. 

 Each seeded one season and did not show anv more. 



Of the manv saltbushes tried, AtripJex niittalii, Arizona salt 

 bush, was one that gave much promise. This saltbush sown in igcd 

 took well on the saltv seaside land, was eaten down to the ground 

 by the cattle in the dry season. In the next drv season, some 

 of it in the mean time being fenced from the stock, grew in a 

 dense bush up to about five feet high and* proved very succulent 

 and seeded heavily. The bushes outside the fence were again 

 eaten to the ground, and some of them killed outright so that it 

 would seem probable that this plant could be best used in con- 

 junction with the kiawe bean, by growing- it in fenced paddocks 

 and not feeding it too closelv. It is evidentlv a valuable plant 

 for the shore line and should be fully tested'. Anvthing that will 

 furnish a roughage in feed, even if not verv nutritious, will be 

 valuable in the kiawe belt. Often so little rain falls on the 

 adjacent lands that little grows there and the stock has no change 

 from the beans except the sea side weed, which is not relished 

 by the stock. Airiplc.v scinibaccata, Australian salt bush, was 

 one of the first plants I tried, gfetting some seed from some grow- 

 ing as a pot plant at the residence of a resident at Kaunakakai 

 in 1899. I had seen it planted some years before by Messrs. Gay 



