150 

 Forest Extension. 



Mention has already been made of the giving of advice on 

 forest matters to anyone in the Territory who desires such help. 

 This function of the Division of Forestry has grown in impor- 

 tance with the passing years. As much of it is verbal in response 

 to inquiries made in person at the Nursery, it is not easy to kccyi 

 an exact record of how much is accomplished, but from the num- 

 ber of persons calling on the Division it is evident that such 

 assistance meets a real demand. 



It may be noted in passing that during 1913 many requests 

 came from Army officers recently arrived in Hawaii who desire i 

 to do their part in making the new posts more comfortable and 

 attractive than they found them. 



As in former years, the distribution of seedling trees, free and 

 at cost price to individuals and to corporations, has gone steadily 

 forward.. Especial efforts have been made to render it easy for 

 homesteaders to get trees, particularly in such localities as the 

 recently opened tracts at Haiku, ]\Iaui, and Kapaa, Kauai. At 

 other times as well as on Arbor Day, there have been perio'is of 

 free distribution, and even when a charge is made the price is 

 so low that no one who really wants trees need have reason to 

 go without. 



The two sub-nurseries so far established b\- the I'oar-' on 

 Hawaii and on Kauai continue to serve their respective localities. 

 Idiat at Hilo. under the direction of Brother ^Matthias Xewell. 

 takes care of the Hilo district and, now that the Hilo railroad 

 extension is in operation, a portion of Hamakua as well. I'>om 

 the Homestead nursery on Kauai, under the direction of Mr. 

 Walter D. McBryde, trees are distributed to anyone who ai)plies 

 on the lee side of that island. And from Honolulu shipments 

 are made to other parts of the Territory as there is demand, 

 Accomi)anying this report is a tabular statement i)rei)ared by Mr 

 David Haughs. Forest Nurser\ man, giving the statistics of the 

 ];lant distribution for 1913. 



llxpcrimcnial Plant in i^. 



Only the l)riefest mention can be made here of a subordinate 

 l)Ut highlv impr)rtant line of work carried on ])y the Division of 

 l"f)restry. the trial and experimental i)lanting of trees of economic 

 importance new to I lawaii. I'rom various sources seed is received 

 from time to time and started in the projiagating houses of the 

 (iovernment Xurserv. The plants are then cared for in the ex- 

 l>erimrnt garden in Makiki valley and finall>- distributed or planted 

 out where they can be kept track of. During the latter \rAvi of 

 1913 there were received from Mr. Joseph I". Rock, consulting 

 botanist of the l'>oard. a number of consignments of seeds that 

 had Ih-cu personally collected by him in India, during a trij) 

 around the wf)rld. 



