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as to the most suitable locality, and further, to have such plants 

 as bore fruit shii)])e(l to us in wardian cases in care of the Pa- 

 cific Mail Steamship Company from Calcutta. 



At Hong- Kong, en route to Honolulu, a similar arrangement 

 was made with Mr. H. Green, Superintendent of the Hong 

 Kong Botanic Garden, who had been requested by telegraj^h 

 from Madras to commence layering Ficus retusa immediately 

 on receipt of my wire. ]\Ir. Green has not only consented to 

 ship us fruiting plants of Ficus retusa, but has undertaken to 

 collect and forward detached fruits in cold storage throughout 

 the summer. The question, whether the attention the plants 

 are likely to receive from ships' servants will be adequate, or 

 whether it will be necessary to employ someone familiar with 

 horticultural practices to accompany the shipments, has not yet 

 been raised, but this detail should be duly considered. In fact 

 it will be necessary to give close attention to all the details of 

 these cooperative undertakings, if success is to be attained. 



Very few figs could be found in Hong Kong on my return, 

 and these were more or less immature, but an experiment was 

 made with a few fruiting branches cut the day previous to my 

 departure, of carrying the insects in the developmental stage, 

 in the figs attached to these branches, the stems of which were 

 immersed in water immediately on boarding the steamer. These 

 cuttings remained fresh until Japan was reached, a week later, 

 but soon after they began to wither. The figs were then de- 

 tached, packed in tubes with moss, and placed in cold storage. 

 No insects emerged after reaching Honolulu, so this method 

 of transportation cannot be recommended, but at the time it 

 was used it appeared worthy of trial. 



It is considered most fortunate that the marcotting plan 

 was promptly adopted, as it has been learned since reaching 

 Honolulu, that the lack of results so far experienced from the 

 wasps liberated here, may be attributed to the deterioration of 

 the pollen in the detached figs in which the insects are conveyed. 

 This should not occur in the figs on vegetating plants. In view 

 of the proved feasability of transporting alive both plants and 

 insects by the methods experimented with, it may reasonably 

 be expected that within a relativelv short time the most suitable 

 and desirable of the Oriental species of Ficus will be propagat- 

 ing themselves naturallv in Hawaii. 



By Authority. 



TERRITORY OF HAWAII. 



BOARD or COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 



Permits to Start Fires Required. 



Notice is hereby given that, in accordance ^vith Section 497, R. I^. H. 

 1915, IT IS FORBIDDEN to start fires to clear land, including the burn- 

 ing of fallows, stumps, logs, brush, dry grass or fallen timber, for the 

 period from May 1 to December 31, 1921, on any land in that part of 



