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REPORT OF FOREST NURSERYMAN. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, June 15, 1916. 



The Superintendent of Forestry, Board of Agriculture and For- 

 estry, Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Dear Sir : — I herewith submit a report of the work done 

 during the month of May, 1916: 



Nursery. — Distribution of Plants. 



In Boxes Pot 



Transplanted. Grown. Total. 



Sold 75 394 469 • 



Gratis 100 299 399 



175 693 868 



Collections. 



Collections on account of plants sold amounted to $ 9.85 



Collections on account of seed sold amounted to 2.00 



Rent of building, Nursery grounds, for February and 



March, 1916, at $35 70.00 



$81.85 

 Plantation Companies and Other Corporations. 



The number of trees distributed under this heading amounted 

 to 56,000 in seed boxes, 2600 in transplant boxes and 18 pot- 

 grown; total, 58,618. We have orders on file for the following, 

 to be delivered during the next five months : 200,000 plants in 

 seed boxes and 5000 in transplant boxes. 



Makiki Stat 



ion. 



Transplanting trees, mixing and sterilizing soil and repairing 

 road constituted the principal work done during the month. 



Honolulu JVatersJied Forest Reserve. 



The work done on the section of the watershed in the neigh- 

 borhood of Hering Valley and Round Top Hill consisted of the 

 rooting out of the Caesapinia bonduc and hoeing the young trees 

 recently planted. The ground where the C. bonduc is growing 

 will have to be done over several times, as the seed will continue 

 sprouting; also portions of the roots will send out sprouts and 



