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REPORT OF THE FOREST NURSERYMAN, MAY, 1921. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, May 31, 1921. 



f^uperintondent of Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. : 



Dear Sir: — I hcrewitli submit the following report for the month of 

 May: 



NURSERY. 



Distribution of Plants. 



Sold 50 in transplant boxes, 294 pot grown — total .344 



Gratis 67 in transplant boxes, 327 pot grown — total 862 



Total 1,206 



Collections. 



On account of plants sold $4.05 



On account of plants sold at Hilo 3 . 85 



Total $7.90 



Flantatwn Companies. 



Distribution of plants amounted to 200 pot grown. 



MAKIKI STATION. 



The work done at this station consisted principally of transplanting 

 seedlings into transplant boxes, tin cans, and pots. 



HONOLULU WATERSHED. 



Trees planted during month amounted to : 



Koa 493 



Australian Red Cedar 553 



Total 1,048 



The koa trees Avere planted near the top of Makiki Main Valley on 

 the Ewa side, and the Australian red cedar in the old eucalyptus forest 

 on patches where formerly a stand of eucalyptus occupied the ground, but 

 those trees got uprooted during recent storms. 



SUB-NURSERIES. 



Hawaii — Sub-Nursery at Hilo, in charge of Bro. Matthias Newell. 

 Maui and Molokai — At Haiku, Maui, in charge of James Lindsay. 

 Kauai — At Kalaheo, in charge of Joe Rita, Jr. 



Reports for the month of May on distribution of plants: 



In Transplant Pot 



Boxes. Grown. Total. 



Hilo, Hawaii 566 1,321 1,887 



Maui and Molokai 450 20 470 



Kauai 47 47 



Totals ] ,016 1,388 2,404 



