9 

 DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY, 

 DECEMBER, 1920. 



lioiiolulu, .lanuaiy I'J, 1921. 



Board ol" ConuDissioncrs of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, 



Gontloinon : — 1 respectfully submit the following routine report of the 

 Divifsion of Foi'estry for the month of December, 1920: 



TREF PLANTING. 



During the month a total of 440(5 trees was planted out on three dif- 

 ferent reserves on Oahu, as follows: On the Lualualci Reserve, at Mikilua, 

 876 red mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifcra) and 57 replants, 723 Austra- 

 lian red cedar {Cedrela austraUs) and 50 replants, 1013 ironbark (A\ 

 crebr(t) and 43 replants, 741 ficus from Johore, India, and 53 replants; 

 total, 3556 trees. On the Waiahole Reserve, 50 kauri pine (AfjatJiis (m,s- 

 trali.s), 50 Japanese cedar and 250 Australian red cedar; total,. 350 trees. 

 On the Pupukea Reserve, 91 Ficus altissima, 38 Ficus retiisa var, intUla, 

 88 Australian red cedar, and 283 koa; total, 500 trees. 



Pupukea Tree Planting. — The latter planting was done under an agreement 

 authorized by the Board on May 22, 1919, and entered into on April 7, 

 1920, with K. Harumi, whereby, for every acre in the reserve used for the 

 cultivation of pineapples, trees are to be planted elsewhere on the reserve 

 at the rate of 100 trees each year and on the area cultivated in pineapples 

 as well and are to be cared for until 3 feet high. The number of trees to 

 be planted the first year by the above agreement is 470, and the work has 

 been completed. The quota for next year is 2750 trees. 



The work of plowing land or making holes for trees under a similar 

 agreement with F. S. Lyman on the same reserve is well under way, the 

 planting sites having been selected by me on December 22. A total of 1330 

 trees are to be planted the first year, and these, which are now being shipped 

 to Pupukea, consist of koa, mahogany and Australian red cedar and will be 

 planted in January, 



The quota to be planted the second year under this agreement is 1820 

 trees. In this manner all of the open spaces on the Pupukea Reserve will 

 be reforested within the next seven years. 



TREES SENT OUT. 



For additional planting on the Lualualei Reserve a sup})ly of several 

 thousand Australian red cedar, koa, silk oak, red mahogany and red gum 

 trees was sent to Waianae on December 16. The planting at this place 

 was inspected by me on December 14, and was found to be progressing 

 well, with moisture conditions ideal for planting. 



Trees in quantity, the first of a largo amount to be supplied the Army, 

 were sent to Schofield Barracks during the month for extensive planting on 

 that reservation. 



Forest Nurseryman Hauglis returned on I)e('(Mnl)er 4 from an insi)cc- 

 tion trip to the Hilo Nursery and reports that the developments there are 

 progressing favorably. 



CHAULMOOGRA OIL SEEDS GERMINATING, 



The chaulmoogrn oil tree s(hm1s (Hydnocarpus anthelminticus) received 

 from Mr. Rock from Siam and planted on November 29, 1920, began to 



