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A'Ofcs from the report of the Forest Nurseryman. 



ARUUR DAY. 



The plants sent out for .Vrbor Day planting, with number of 

 schools by islands, is as follows : 



Islands. Schools. Plants. 



Oahu lo 133 



Hawaii 7 280 



Kauai 2 42 



Maui 5 180 



Molokai 4 889 



28 1524 



NURSERY. 



Three thousand seeds of Para rubber (Hez'ea brasilieiisis) are 

 being propagated at the request of Commissioner Giffard. The 

 seed was received in first class condition and is sprouting splen- 

 didly. 



The five thousand seeds belonging to the Castle Estate are also 

 growing vigorously and will require to be taken to their destina- 

 tion and transplanted in the course of a week or two. 



The work of improving the Nursery grounds is siill progress- 

 ing. The trees are being pruned with the object of making them 

 more symmetrical and allowing more light to the grass. 



COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDS. 



Two packages of seed of the Grass tree (Xanfhorrhoea hastilis) 

 were received from Mrs. Hans Isenberg, Lihue, Kauai. 

 By exchange : 

 6 packages from Imperial Biological Institute, Amani, Port 



Tonga, German East Africa. 

 6 packages from Acclimatization Society Gardens, Brisbane, 

 Queensland. 

 26 packages from Harvard Experiment Station, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, Cuba. 

 The collecting of island grown seed has been continued ; a large 

 variety is always kept in stock. 



THE RUBBER CONVENTION. 



By an inadvertence, in the report of the Rubber Convention at 

 Nahiku, Maui, which appeared in the October number of the 

 Forester, the speech of Governor Frear was attributed to Mr. 

 Lindsay. We apologize to all concerned for this transposition of 

 names. 



