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lino;s of forest trees in quantity, ready for transplanting^. By this 

 method the plantations wh'ch for any reason prefer not to main- 

 tain forest nurseries of their own, are relieved of the trouble of 

 .getting- the seedlings started, and also of much of the danger of 

 loss, for the little trees, here offered, are not sent out from Hono- 

 lulu until the danger from the "damping-off fungus" is past. As 

 the Division of Forestry is decidedly limited in its equipment, it is 

 advisable that orders for trees be placed some months in advance, 

 otherwise it may not be able to supply the seedlings at the date 

 required. It takes about six weeks to get eucalypts ready ; two 

 months for ironwood. The seedlings are sent out in boxes hold- 

 ing from 800-1000 each. The price per box, f. o. b. the wharf at 

 Honolulu, is $1.00 per thousand. 



It is a very encouraging sign that during the past year tree 

 planting has received a decided impetus in Hawaii, especially in 

 the way of shelter belts for exposed cane fields and in groves 

 for the production of fuel wood. But it is only a small part of 

 what yearly ought to be done until enough forest plantations have 

 been started to yield annually as much wood as is used on the 

 several plantations. 



Tree planting is a good investment — one of which the returns 

 can be measured directly in dollars and cents. One of the best 

 things about tree planting is that in this way there can be utilized 

 land fit for no other purpose. For wind breaks near the sea iron- 

 wood has shown itself the tree to be used. For quick returns in 

 fuel and wood production one of the eucalypts is usually the 

 species to be recommended. In this connection I would remind 

 the members of this Association that a few months since the 

 Division of Forestry issued a bulletin on Eucalyptus Culture in 

 Hawaii by Mr. Louis Margolin of the V. S. Forest Service. Mr. 

 Margolin having been detailed to Hawaii upon special request 

 to assist in this study. The bulletin rs based on a careful investi- 

 gation of all the available sources of information about eucalyptus 

 in Hawaii. The Division of Forestry will be glad to send copies 

 to anyone upon application. It will repay all plantation men to 

 give this re])ort careful reading. 



In Hawaii it is impossible for anyone who has to do with the 

 management of affairs not to be concerned with what has come 

 to be termed The Conservation Program — the right use of lands. 

 waters and forests. But as the whole conservation movement 

 grew out of forestry, which must always remain one of its most 

 important parts, so locally there is at th.e present time no way in 

 which Conservation can be practised better than through forest 

 work. My final word is that for the sugar jilantation companies 

 this means protecting the native forests and ])lanling trees. 



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