NEW V(i!^iC 



BOTANICAL 



QAWnHiV 



THE HAWAIIAN FORESTER 

 AND AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XVIII. Honolulu, January, 1921. No. 1 



The Board has granted permission to Mr. D. T. Fleming to 

 bring into the Territory, for game purposes, doves from China 

 and pheasants from Japan. 



Contagious abortion in cattle, the last of a series of articles by 

 the Territorial Veterinarian, is printed in this numljer. 



A list of new appointments made by the Board during Decem- 

 ber, 1920, and January, 1921, is contained in this issue. 



The question of protecting the native forests on government 

 lands against the cutting of tree ferns for the manufacture of 

 starch is dealt with in the Superintendent of Forestry's report 

 in this issue. 



One of the new trees added to the arboretum at the Alanoa 

 Ranger Station, Honolulu, during December, 1920, was the ^jalsa 

 tree {Ochroma lai^opus), which produces wood which is lighter 

 than cork. 



Assistant Superintendent of Forestry Kraebel has made a good 

 start in the project of enlarging and demarking the Hilo Forest 

 Reserve on Hawaii, as will be seen by his reports printed in this 

 number. 



During December, 1920, the Division of Forestry planted out 

 4406 trees of nine different species on three separate reserves on 

 Oahu. This is well above the average for the whole year, during 

 which 38,775 trees were set out. 



The chaulmoogra oil tree seeds imported from Siam by Mr. 

 Rock are germinating well in the nursery, and the young plants 

 will, before long, be ready to be set out in the plantation which 

 will be established for the purpose of producing the oil for local 

 use in curing leprosy. 



Plans are being perfected for the removal of the animal quar- 



,^ antine station from its present location on Ala Moana, where it is 



^^ becoming non grata, to a new and more suitable site. A portion 



T^ of Sand Island, on the south side of Honolulu harbor, has been 



ts, selected and the Governor has been furnished with a map and 



1--4 description of the area and has been requested to secure this site 



Q^ from the War Department for the new station. 



