4 Director's Annual Report. 



tors to the Lil)rar>- have had volumes placed at their disposal for 

 research, transcription, or illustration copying. Tracings of por- 

 tions of maps or charts have been made for curators in a ver}^ 

 convenient and time-saving way. 



In the Botanical department much work has been done and 

 I (juote from Mr. C. N. Forbes' report to me : 



"Dr. Wm. T. Brigham, Direcftor of the Bishop Museum. 



"Dkar vSir: — The bulk of the material received during the 

 year has l)een poisoned, mounted, classified, and incorporated 

 into the herbarium. Work has been continued in poisoning the 

 mounted portion of the herbarium with corrosive sublimate. This 

 work takes a great deal of time, with little to show for it; but it 

 seems absoluteh' necessary not to neglect any possible means of 

 combatting the invasions of our numerous insect pests. The 

 Hawaiian section is practically finished. 



"Most of the collecting this year was on the smaller islands, 

 or over ground covered before ; so the number of specimens ob- 

 tained was not large, although nearly the same amount of time 

 was spent in the field. During a portion of February and March 

 I accompanied other members of the Museum staff on a trip to the 

 islands of Molokini and Kahoolawe. Very few specimens were 

 colle(5led, but the trip was instrudlive in many ways. The botani- 

 cal results have already been reported on in Volume V, Number 3, 

 of the Occasional Papers of this Museum. For courtesies ex- 

 tended while on the island we are indebted to Mr. Eben P. Low, 

 lessee of Kahoolawe ; and also to Messrs. Arthur Waal and W. A. 

 Gill of Lahaina for aid in obtaining a boat for the trip. 



"On the return from this trip a week was spent at Lahaina, 

 Maui, for the purpose of collecting on ridges not visited in 191 1. 



"During the months of June and July an extended trip was 

 made to the island of L,anai which was covered pretty thoroughly', 

 practically^ every ridge and subridge being walked over at least 

 once. There are two rather extensive forest areas on this island 

 with a diversified and interesting flora. A fairly complete set of 



