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which is rather rare, the mamani and its two varieties, and the 

 wiliwiU. The discussions of the origin of these trees in Hawaii 

 are most interesting as well as the varietal aspects which they 

 have assumed here. 



Botanical Bulletin No. 6, "The Hawaiian Genus Kokia,'' of 22 

 pages with 8 illustrations, treats of the Hawaiian trees which are 

 relatives of the well-known cotton plant and some of which 

 have already become extinct. The bulletin describes for the 

 first time a new variety of the kokia, recently rediscovered on 

 Kauai, and bespeaks the preservation of this interesting genus 

 by propagation and planting. 



Copies of these bulletins may be obtained upon application to 

 the Librarian of the Board, P. O. Box 207, Honolulu. 



New Plant Inspection Rule. 



A new rule and regulation. Rule XX, adopted on May 22, by 

 the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry govern- 

 ing the shipment of plants, fruit, etc., between the islands was 

 approved by Governor McCarthy on May 26, and went into effect 

 on June 1, 1919. 



The purpose of this rule is to safeguard more eff'ectively the 

 agricultural, horticultural and forest interests of the Territory, 

 and it aims particularly to prevent the transmission of injurious 

 insects in soil around plants or otherwise. Honolulu, being the 

 port of entry for foreign plants, is more open to infestation by 

 noxious insects and plant diseases than any other port in the Ter- 

 ritory and for this reason closer restrictions have been placed on 

 the shipment of plants in soil from Oahu to the other islands. 



This new measure is in line with recent new^ restrictions 

 placed by the Federal Horticultural Board of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture on soils, plants, seeds, etc., entering the 

 United States from foreign countries in order to prevent the in- 

 troduction of any new insect pests or plant diseases. 



The enforcement of this new rule will be in the hands of the 

 Division of Plant Inspection which has its offices on Kekuanaoa 

 street near the waterfront in Honolulu. The rule rescinds a 

 former rule, Rule XVII, which was originally adopted in the 

 days of the campaign against the Mediterranean fruit fly but 

 many of the provisions of which are inapplicable at the present 

 time. 



The Board of Agriculture and Forestry, believing it necessary 

 for the best interests of the Territory and particularly of the 

 other islands that soil around plants should not be sent out of 

 Honolulu, has given up the general distribution of plants in soil 

 from Oahu to the other islands and is making arrangements at 

 some inconvenience and expense so that plants for any particular 

 island will be raised on that island. The nursery at Hilo in 

 charge of Brother Matthias Newell has recently been enlarged 



