THE jHAWAIIAN 



FORESTER I AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. X. SEPTEMBER, 1913. No. 9. 



In this number will be found the detailed reports of President 

 Giffard to his fellow-commissioners of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Forestry, regarding the distribution of the Silvestri fruit fly 

 and horn fly parasites on the difi^erent islands. They show just 

 what is being done in the campaign against the pests mentioned. 

 The president is duly cautious in anticipation of results, although 

 adopting a hopeful tone from the history of other parasitical work 

 in these Islands. He points out, however, that it will take time 

 for the parasites to prove their value. It will never do to allow 

 the campaign to be hampered for lack of funds. 



The Forester acknowledges with appreciation the receipt of 

 several numbers of Vol. 2 of the Agricultural Journal of the de- 

 partment of agriculture and forestry. Republic of China, printed 

 entirely in Chinese characters excepting a few scientific terms and 

 the captions of cuts, the latter being of imported Hereford cattle, 

 views of forestry work, etc. Before receiving these numbers an 

 item sent from Washington was in type, mentioning that the 

 Chinese republic had established a department of agriculture and 

 forestry. The fact that its journal is in its second volume in- 

 dicates that the department is coeval in origin with the republic 

 itself. 



For the information of new readers, it may be mentioned that 

 the treatise on "The Kalo in Hawaii," by Messrs. MacCaughey 

 and Emerson, began in the July number. 



In this number appears for the first time the monthly reports 

 of the Division of Hydrography, which was added to the bureau 

 of agriculture and forestry by legislation of this year. The im- 

 portance of Hawaii's water resources will place the hydrographic 

 reports among the most interesting and valuable contents of the 

 Forester. 



With a distribution of 6150 plants to the public and 25,000 

 seedlings to planting and other corporations, in the months of 

 July and August, the nursery of the Division of Forestry has well 

 maintained its record of efficiency. The reports of the division 



