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U. S. national parks. After his recent visit to the Territory 

 in late March and early April Mr. Albright was very much de- 

 lighted with the Haleakala and Mauna Loa sections of the Hawaii 

 National Park and stated that the Kilauea section equalled, if not 

 surpassed, any feature in any of the numerous national parks. 



The Makiki Nursery 



By C. S. Judd, Superintendent of Forestry. 



Those who are interested in horticulture would no doubt find 

 quite instructive and well worth while a visit to the nursery of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Forestry in Makiki Valley, Hono- 

 lulu. Here not only are young trees propagated and raised for 

 distribution, which involves the sowing of seed and transplanting 

 of seedlings, the making of boxes, cutting of tins, and steriliza- 

 tion of the soil, but also corn and cabbages are raised to supply 

 material on which natural enemies of insect pests of these two 

 plants are propagated by the entomologist. 



As a rule the seed is sown in boxes in special propagating 

 houses at the Government Nursery on King street and then taken 

 up to the Makiki Nursery where the young seedlings are trans- 

 planted into tins or pots or into boxes. 



All of the soil used in these operations is carefully prepared, it 

 consisting of one-third sifted, sharp, volcanic sand, one-third good 

 soil, and one-third well rotted manure. The sand afifords good 

 drainage and keeps the soil light. The mixture is screened and 

 then sterilized by placing it in a tight box through which run 

 steam pipes which generate a heat great enough to kill all insect 

 life and the seeds of all weeds. This is a great advantage not 

 only in the saving of weeding labor, but better results are secured 

 in the seedlings which do not have to compete with weed growth 

 and insects. 



The Lins into which the seedlings are transplanted are of vari- 

 ous size and are rejects secured free of charge from local pine- 

 apple canneries. The bottoms are cut around on a specially de- 

 vised cutter invented by the Forest Nurseryman, Mr. David 

 Haughs, who during his long years of experience has invented 

 many other labor-saving devices, such as a planting board, and is 

 able to raise seedlings from good seed with 100 per cent, success. 



The wood for the boxes into which seedlings are also trans- 

 planted was formerly imported entirely in the form of shooks 

 from the Pacific Coast, but with the increased cost of lumber it 

 has been found cheaper to buy up old packing boxes and remake 

 them into trays of the standard size. Locally grown wood, such 

 as the Norfolk Island pine and silk oak, from trees that have had 



