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The necessity of such a rule was forcibly brought to the atten- 

 tion of the Commissioners by the recent discovery of an infesta- 

 tion of the Australian fern weevil in a new region on the island 

 of Hawaii. This weevil had evidently been carried for almost 

 30 miles on some form of fern plant to this new region. This 

 shows how readily undesirable insects which are destructive to 

 forest growth may unintentionally be disseminated. The aim of 

 this rule is to prevent the further spread of such pests. 



The letter of transmission presenting this rule to the Board 

 for adoption follows : 



February 7, 1920. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : — The attached rule concerning the control of 

 certain insect and plant pests is respectfully presented for your 

 consideration. 



This rule is intended primarily to prevent the carrying of the 

 recently discovered pest on the white ginger plant and the car- 

 rying of the Australian fern weevil from one locality to another 

 throughout the Territory. It also includes a prohibition against 

 the carrying of Spanish moss from one locality to another, 

 and it is deemed advisable to place this prohibition on Spanish 

 moss in lieu of the more drastic action of destroying all Spanish 

 moss in the Territory, which it was intended to take in 1918, but 

 which the Attorney General ruled could not be taken unless 

 Spanish moss had actually proved to be a menace in this Terri- 

 tory. 



Provision is made in this rule for exceptions in case it might 

 possibly be determined that some of the prohibited articles might, 

 under certain circumstances, be transported from one part of 

 ihe Territory to another. 



Chief Plant Inspector Ehrhorn and Entomologist Fullaway 

 concur in this proposed rule. 



Very respectfully, 



C. S. JUDD, 

 Executive Officer. 



The Australian Red Cedar 



By C. S. Judd, Superintendent of Forestry. 



One of the most promising of recently-introduced timber 

 trees in Hawaii is the Australian red cedar, Cedrela australis, 

 which has not the appearance of the usual cedar tree, as we 

 know it, but which resembles the black walnut tree. It be- 

 longs to the same family as the Spanish cedar, which produces 

 the fragrant wood with a cedar odor, and from which cigar 

 boxes are made. 



This cedar is a native of eastern Australia and is found in 

 scattered belts on the volcanic soils and in the warmer localities 



