UHRAWY 

 New VORK 



BOTANICAL 



The Hawaiian forester 

 and agriculturist 



Vol. XVII. Honolulu, April, 1920. No. 4 



The Forest Nurseryman distributed 64,200 trees during Febru- 

 ary to dififerent tree planters on Oahu. 



The work of eradicating' the Austrahan fern weevil on the in- 

 fested area at 29 Miles, Olaa, Hawaii, was continued during Feb- 

 ruary. 



The second and last installment of an article on the poison- 

 ous plants of Hawaii by Consulting- Botanist J. F. Rock appears 

 in this issue. 



Methods of securing a natural enemy on an insect pest are 

 ably related by Entomologist P\illaway in an article appearing 

 in this number. 



The mountain apples, ohia ai, ripening during April in the 

 Oahu valleys, are ahead of the season this year by about three 

 months due probably to some influence of the prolonged drought 

 of last fall and winter. 



The attention of those who desire trees for planting on the 

 several different islands is called to the new notice of the Division 

 of Forestry appearing in the front part of this issue. 



The wiliwili tree of the dry sections of these islands is famous 

 for its red blossoms, scarlet seeds, and very light wood. Further 

 details concerning this tree are presented in a special article 

 by the Superintendent of Forestry which appears in this issue. 



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The feeding of salt beef or salted meat to hogs is dangerous 

 and an instance of the fatal results of this practice is described 

 in the routine report of the Territorial A^eterinarian in this num- 



The attention of the Division of Forestry is now being directed 

 to the undesirable spread of Hilo grass into forest areas bv the 

 use of trails and means are being studied for overcoming this 

 nienace to our native forests on the more important water supply 

 areas. 



