108 



HONOLULU WATEESHED PLANTING. 



Trees planted in Opu Valley amounted to 216 koa trees. Prepara- 

 tions are being made for the planting of koa trees on the open land ad- 

 joining the Schmidt estate on Diamond Head side. The road runs 

 through this land and it is a choice place for planting trees. 



ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE. 



The writer has been called upon to make the following number of 

 visits and otherwise give advice and assistance: 



Calls made « 



Advice to people calling 10 



' ' by telephone 6 



HAWAII NURSERY AT HILO. 



Brother Matthias Newell, in charge of the nurserj^ for the Island of 

 Hawaii, at Hilo, reports that the distribution of plants from his nur- 

 sery for the calendar year 1910 amounted to a total of 12,.303. 



KAUAI NURSERY AT KALAHEO. 



The nursery for the Island of Kauai is located at Kalaheo and is in 

 charge of Joe Rita, Jr. Mr. Rita reports that he distributed a total of 

 3,602 trees from his nursery during 1919, as follows: 



Sold 1,420 



Gratis 661 



Papapaholahola Spring Reserve 1,521 



3,602 



The report of the number of trees distributed during 1919 from the 

 nursery for the Island of Maui, located at Haiku, will appear in the 

 next monthly report, as it has not yet arrived. 



The distribution of trees from this nursery during 1919 will also ap- 

 pear in our next report. 



Respectfully submitted. 



DAVID HAUGHS, 

 Forest Nurseryman. 



Division of Entomology 



Honolulu, Hawaii, :March 5, 1920. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen: — During the month of February the insectary handled 

 19,700 pupae of the melon fly, from which there were bred 3,657 females 

 and 2,480 males. Dpi us fictcheri. 



The distribution of parasites was as follows: 



