THE HAWAIIAN FORESTER 

 AND AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XIV. Honolulu, March. 1917. No. 3 



WELCOME BOTANICAL WORK. 



A distinct addition to our literature on the subject of trees 

 came off the press early in March as "The Ornamental Trees 

 of Hawaii," by Mr. Joseph F. Rock, Botanist of the College of 

 Hawaii and Consulting Botanist of this Board. The need for 

 this book has been felt for some time not only by local residents 

 but also by the tourist who often wants to know something 

 more about the beautiful trees which he sees growing here. 



The book, which was published under patronage, describes 

 practically all of the introduced ornamental trees in the islands, 

 and also many of the interesting shrubs, fruit trees and orna- 

 mental vines. It is well printed and bound and contains 79 

 illuminating illustrations and in addition two color plates. 



It is a book which every island resident should feel proud to 

 have on his library shelf. 



PLANT INSPECTION BUILDING. 



In the interests of making more efficient the work of plant 

 inspection which aims to prevent injurious insects from gaining 

 an entrance into the Territory, Governor Pinkham, at the re- 

 quest of this Board, set aside by Executive O^rder No. 41 on 

 February 14, 1916, an area of 7740.7 square feet of government 

 land on Kekuanaoa street, Honolulu, near the waterfront. It 

 is the plan of this Board to erect on this land suitable concrete 

 buildings, plain in style, for the accommodation of the work of 

 plant inspection, quarantine and fumigation. 



By concentrating this work on the waterfront and furnishing 

 suitable buildings where the inspection work can be done to the 

 best advantage, it is believed that the work of keeping out in- 

 jurious pests can be made much more efficient. 



Among the promising new tree introductions in the Terri- 

 tory, as pointed out in the report of the Superintendent of For- 

 estry, are the Benguet pine, Pimts insularis, a valuable timber 

 tree from the Philippine forests, and the Australian red cedar, 

 Cedrela australis, which is similar to but lighter than mahogany, 

 but which is considered to be the most valuable timber tree 

 growing in Ntew South Wales. 



