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DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



REPORT OF FOREST NURSERYMAN. 



Honolulu. Oct. 31, 1912. 



lion. \V. M. Giffard. President and Executive Officer, Board of 

 ■ AgTiculturc and Forestry. 



Dear Sir : — I herewith submit a report of the ]M-incipal work- 

 done durinj.^ the month of October, 1912. 



Ahtrscry — Distribution of Plants. 



In seed In boxes Pot 



boxes transplanted grown Total 



Sold 500 50 ^406 956 



Gratis . . 467 467 



500 50 873 1423 



Collections on Account of Plants Sold. 



The collections for the month on account of plants sold 

 amounted to $10.05. 



Arrangements are being made for the distribution of a large 

 number of forest and flowering trees consisting of sixteen species 

 for Arbor Day planting, November 8. Superintendent Pope of 

 the Department of Public Instruction has sent copies of a circular 

 letter to the principals of all the i)ublic schools of the Territory 

 notifying them that trees for Arbor Day planting can be had free 

 by ai)plying at the Government Nursery in Honolulu and alsv) 

 at the two sub-nurseries on the other islands. 



Advertisements notifying the general public of the offer of this 

 I'oard to supply free trees for planting on that day are being 

 i:)ublished in all the leading newspapers in Flonolulu and on the 

 other islands, in the Englisii. Hawaiian, Portuguese, Japanese and 

 Chinese languages. 



Plantalion Conif>anics and Other Corporations. 



I'nder this head orders liave been received for 5000 trees in 

 transi)lant boxes ready to set out. Orders so far received to be 

 delivered during the months from November. 1012, to Februarv. 

 1913, reaches the total of 500,000 assorted trees in seed boxes and 

 17,000 in transplant boxes ready to set out. One hundred and 

 forty thousand trees in seed boxes have been delivered during 

 the morilh and 12,000 trees in transplant boxes and 60.000 in seed 

 boxes will be delivered in November. The orders will all be filled 

 in time for the season's planting. 



