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Meeting of the Association of Eastern Foresters 



In accordance with the eadier notice, the winter meeting of the asso- 

 ciation was held at Janssen's (formerly the Hofbrau), Broadway and 

 30th streets, New York City, on February i, 1919. The following pro- 

 gram was carried out : 



The Need for and Suggestions Concerning a Permanent Forest 



Research Program J. W. Tourney 



The Possibilities of Interstate Co-operation in Pul)lic and Edu- 

 cational Forest Administration G. H. Wirt 



The Relation of Timberland Ownership to Forestry W. O. Filley 



Forestry and the New Economic Conditions R. C. Bryant 



Does Forestry Need a Dififerent Advertising Viewpoint? T. C. Hirst 



The Recent Fuelwood Campaign a Stimulus for Permanent Util- 

 ization W. D. Clark 



A committee of three was appointed by the chairman to formulate 

 and put into efifect a forestry research program for the Eastern For- 

 esters Association, and that they be requested to confer with the So- 

 ciety of American Foresters for the purpose of fitting in with a national 

 program. Committee appointed : Air. Toumey, chairman ; Air. Illick, 

 Mr. Hirst. 



C. P. WiLRER, Secretary. 



Results of an Experimental Etcalvptus Plantation in Hawaii 



There was established in 191 1 in Nuuanu Valley, Honolulu Water- 

 shed Forest Reserve. Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, by the Division of 

 Forestry, in co-operation with the United States Forest Service, a 

 plantation of 18 dififerent species of eucalyptus. The object of this 

 plantation was to secure data as to the habit, form, rate of growth, and 

 relative value under local conditions of species of eucalyptus supposed 

 to be of economic importance, but little known in Hawaii. On account 

 of exposure to strong trade winds sweeping down the valley and the 

 rather excessive rainfall, averaging about 175 inches annually, and the 

 presence of a rank growth of grass, the conditions for the best growth 

 and development were not favorable, and the trees in this experiment 

 may be said to have undergone a very severe test. At the end of five 

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