189 



COLLECTIONS. 



Collections on account of plants sold amounted to $ 1.80 



Rent of building, nursery grounds, 4 mos., Dec. to Mar. 140.00 



Total $141.80 



rLANT.VTION COMPANIES AND OTHER CORPORATIONS. 



Ui,]der this heading the distribution of plants is as follows: 

 11,000 seedlings; 3050 in transplant boxes; and 300 pot grown 

 Total, 14,350. 



MAKIKI STATION. 



The transplanting of seedlings, mixing and sterilizing soil and 

 attending to the other trees of the station has constituted the prin- 

 cipal work. 



HONOLULU WATERSHED PLANTING. 



During the month the trails in the vicinity of Sugar Loaf hill 

 have all been cleared. A new trail starting in the main IMakiki 

 Valley, about half a mile above the Makiki Station and running 

 across the ridge to Herring Valley and continuing along the Ewa 

 side of this valley until it joins the trail from Sugar Loaf below 

 the springs has been completed. This trail will make it practical 

 to use the small nursery at the base of Sugar Loaf while the 

 planting is being done in Herring \"alley and on the adjoining 

 ridge. 



As a protection against fires the clearing off of some of the 

 old trails and making new ones where required is necessary work 

 at this time. The dry season is coming in and the dense growth 

 of Hilo grass which is to be found on those precipitous slopes 

 woidd, in the event of a fire starting, make it very ditftcult to con- 

 trol. Consequently the trails have been arranged with this idea 



ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE. 



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

 as follows : Visits to places in and around the city, 10 ; advice by 

 telephone, 12 ; advice to people calling at the nursery, 8 ; advice 

 by letter to people on the other islands, 4 ; total, 34. 



Respectfully submitted, 



David Haughs, 

 Forest Nurservman. 



