ARBOR DAY. 



The total number of plants distributed for Arbor Day planting 

 amounted to 6292. The distribution of plants was as follows: 



9 schools received . 553 trees 



1390 children called at Nursery on Arbor Day and 



received 1 tree each 1390 trees 



58 people applied by letter, the number of trees or- 

 dered being 1232 trees 



182 people called at Nursery and gave orders, amount- 

 ing to a total of 3117 trees 



Total 6292 trees 



COLLECTIONS. 



Animal Industry Revolving Fund: 



Laie Plantation (on account of swine plague) $ 49.25 



Princeville 'Plantation (on account of anthrax) 399.00 



$448.25 

 Government Realizations: 



Collections on account of plants sold $ .80 



Rent of office building Nursery grounds for October.... 35.00 



Total $35.80 



COLLECTING SEED. 



The writer, accompanied by two seed boys, spent a day collecting seed 

 at Kunia. A number of the eucalyptus trees planted by Mr. van Yal- 

 kenburg are now bearing seed. The red cedar of Australia, Vcdrrht 

 Ai(.straJif<, first introduced by Mr. van Valkenburg about eight years ago, 

 is also bearing. Mr. van Valkenburg at that time received 200 young 

 tiees which we cared for at the Nursery here until they recovered from 

 the effects of the voyage. Later we received from Mr. E. C. Smith a 

 package of seed of the red cedar which we propagated, distributing the 

 plants to a number of people on the different islands. These trees 

 have also started to bear seed'. 



We have tested the seed and found it good. The (UdnJii Aiisfmlis 

 is classed as one of the most valuable timber trees in Australia. It 

 attains a height of 200 feet and a girth of 18 feet. 



Another tree of recent introduction and also bearing fertile seed, is 

 the Junipcrifs BcnnmliaMi, introduced by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder nine 

 years ago. Trees of this species planted on the trail leading from Ma- 

 kiki Station to Sugar Loaf hill are now about 15 feet high with a stem 

 of from four to six inches at the butt. 



Junipcnis Australis, another valuable forest tree, is showing signs of 



