THE HAWAIIAN FORESTER 

 AND AGRICULTURIST , 



Vol. XVIII. Honolulu. October, 1921. No. 10 



A brief statement of the calorific power of algaroba wood 

 is contained in this number. 



The fencing of forest reserve boundaries continues, ami the 

 average progress of recent work of this nature amounts to over 

 two miles per month. 



A statement by Entomologist Fullaway oi the progress made 

 in recent work on the horn fly control in the Territory is printed 

 in this number. 



As one of the results of the Superintendent of Forestry's two 

 months' visit to the Island of Hawaii, approximately 29,000 acres 

 of vacant government forest land will soon be added to the pres- 

 ent forest reserves on that island. 



The large round black seeds of the native niauclc or soap- 

 berry tree (Sapindiis sapoiiariaj are much in demand for neck- 

 laces. A cjuantity of this seed was recently secured by the Super- 

 intendent of Forestry from near the \^olcano House on Hawaii 

 and planted at the Government Nursery. These have germinated 

 well and will soon be planted out on forest reserves. 



The new plant fumigation building of the Division of Plant 

 Inspection, completed on September 1, 1921, on government land 

 near Kuhio wharf, Hilo, and pictured in this number, consists 

 of a 20 by 20 foot concrete fumigation vault, a 10 by 10 foot 

 wood office, and a storage shed. This Division is now in a posi- 

 tion to handle infested shipments of rice, beans and other com- 

 modities and to give greater entomological protection to the big 

 island. 



Hawaii can boast of an arctic climate even in summer, for <i 

 trip to the summit of Mauna Kea and a night at Waiau Pond at 

 13,000 feet above the sea enables one to experience freezing 

 weather, even in August. The Superintendent of Forestry plans 

 to establish a small grove of lodgepole pine trees at this pond, 

 and if the venture is a success the traveler to this highest island 

 mountain in the world will be able to spend a more comfortable 

 nio-ht near the summit. 



