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with which the sugar planters of Hawaii have to deal, because 

 n ) of the close relation between forests and water supply and 

 (2) of the constantly increasing- need for local supplies of fuel 

 and other wood, and 



Whereas what is needed now is no longer mere approval but 

 definite action, therefore, be it 



Resolved, that it is the sense of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' 

 Association that the Trustees be requested to take definite and 

 if possible favorable action, through a special committee or other- 

 wise, on the recommendations contained in the report of the Com- 

 mittee on Forestry for 1911, to- wit: 



(1) That there be introduced into Hawaii insect eating birds, 

 such as shall have been approved by competent authorities as 

 being beneficial. 



(2) That financial assistance in the way of providing addi- 

 tional ec|uipment be given by the Association to the Territorial 

 Division of Forestry for its work of growing tree seedlings in 

 large numbers for the use of those, especially sugar plantation 

 companies, doing extensive forest planting. 



(3) That it be brought forcibly to the attention of each 

 plantation that it is the judgment of this Association that for 

 their own interest and strictly from a business standpoint, the 

 individual plantations ought to pay greater attention to tree plant- 

 ing and also to protecting the native forest by fencing in the areas 

 from which the plantation draws its water suppl}^ 



Resolved Further, that this Association approves the adoption 

 by the Territory as its definite policy, of the suggestion that as 

 far as practicable the revenues derived by the Government from 

 leases or licenses of waters flowing from the forest reserves be 

 used for forest work; and that the Trustees be requested so to 

 recommend to the appropriate Territorial officials. 



FICUS STIPULATA. 



(From Tropical Agriculturist.) 



Fieiis stipulafa, better known horticulturally as F. re pens (some- 

 times called "Mauritius Ivy"), is perhaps the best substitute we 

 have in the tropics for the English ivy, which forms so delight- 

 ful an adornment to gardens and country houses in Europe and 

 other cool countries. In the tropics, where the ivy does not 

 flourish, the want of a good wall creeper is often felt. Few walls, 

 either of bungalows, estate buildings, churches, etc., which would 

 not be greatly improved in appearance by the growth of a suit- 

 able creeper. This want is suitably supplied by the plant Fieiis 

 repens, as may be seen in the accompanying illustration, better per- 

 haps than by any other tropical plant known. The plant thrives 

 equally well at all elevations, from sea level to 6000 feet, — an 

 uncommon quality which specially commends it to favor. It is 



