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Makiki Station. 



The work at this station has been principally routine. W'c are 

 now getting together a large stock of plants and there will be 

 plenty on hand for everybody when the planting season begins. 



Honolulu Watershed Planting. 



During the month 478 kukui trees w^ere planted out along the 

 ewa side of Herring Valley. Other w^ork done consisted of 

 hoeing and cleaning away grass and weeds from the trees re- 

 cently planted. The first koa and kukui trees planted on the 

 face of Sugar Loaf hill are making a remarkably fast growth, 

 and it will not be long before they cover the ground completely. 



Advice and Assistance. 



The writer has been called upon to make visits and give advice 

 as follows : 



Calls to places in and around the city, 10; advice by telephone, 

 13; advice by letter. 7; advice given at Nursery, 9. Total, 39. 



Respectfully submitted, 



David Haugh.s, 



Forest Nurservnian. 



EUCALYPTUS RECORD ON MAUI. 



Makawao, Maui, August 18, 191. S. 

 Editor The Forester. 



Dear Sir : — In regard to a statement by Mr. C. S. Judd in The 

 Forester concerning the yield of ironwood on Kauai, I beg to 

 state that we have a better record in blue gum here at Kailiili — 

 one cord of wood to 3>4 trees at an average, eighteen years old 

 grove. Some trees give more than two cords. 



In these ten years there have been set out about two and a 

 quarter milion (2,250,000) trees in the forests of the Maui Agri- 

 cultural Company at Kailiili and Opana ; but, as the first two 

 years were spent mostly in experimenting, only a few trees being 

 set out, most of the actual planting was done in eight years. 



It is a pleasure now to see how fine the native undergrowth is 

 springing up under the close-planted eucalyptus trees, so that 

 the groves already make good water conservers, as well as they 

 will make lumber and fuel in time to come. Of course, where 

 the land has been used a long time for pasture and the Hilo grass 

 has well settled, it will take a good while for the undergrowth 

 to make much headway, but I hope it will come along well 

 eventuallv. 



