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to 6800 feet, and is situated at the -foot of Puu Oili on the 

 western side. 



'This lot, and all others planted on the mountain with one 

 exception, are for stock sheltering purposes, and in a few 

 years' time will be of great service to the ranch in protecting 

 its stock from the raw, cold winds that blow there, and also 

 for protecting them from the fierce rays of the sun. 



"One lot I planted (ten acres) at and above a spring which 

 supplies water to our mountain dairy. I have planted imme- 

 diately around the spring 1000 Grevillea robusta, the balance, 

 1300, are Eucalypts of various sorts. I find from experience 

 that the Grevillea robusta in a very short time will form a 

 very deep mat from the leaves that it is constantly shedding, 

 which should form a fine sponge for retaining the moisture, 

 incidentally, I hope, increasing, or, rather, making more per- 

 manent, the flow of the spring. 



"Outside of the foregoing, I may mention that I have had 

 scattered on the plains at an elevation of from 800 to 1000 

 feet, 150 sacks of horse manure; this manure was fully 

 impregnated with Keawe seeds, and I hope in a few years to 

 have a fine young Keawe forest growing there, as the Alga- 

 roba grows well on the western slopes of Haleakala up to an 

 elevation of 1200 feet. We have some trees growing as high 

 as 2800 feet elevation. Of course, the growth at that elevation 

 is not so rapid as it is at or near sea level, but still they seem- 

 to get along very well. 



"It may be of interest to you to know that since January, 

 1900,.! have planted about 140,000 trees, of which 138,380 

 are growing. The area planted in lots is 256 acres, taking 

 127,230 trees, the balance, 11,150, have been planted along 

 fences for brea'kwinds, etc. These trees have cost up to date 

 four and a half cents each, which includes everything, such 

 as purchase of seeds, nursery work, plowing, holeing, hoeing^ 

 and fencing." 



List of twenty-five varieties of Eucalypts planted at the- 

 Haleakala Ranch: 



Eucalyptus bicolor 



botryoides 



calophylla 



corymbosa 



corynocalyx 



diversicolor 



ficifolia 



goniocalyx 



leucoxylon 



longifolia 



melliodora 



microfrheca 



obliqua 



Eucalyptus obtusifolia 

 paniculata 

 pillularis 

 polyanthema 

 regnans 

 rostrata 

 rudis 

 saligria 

 siderophloia 

 siberiana 

 teretic.ornis 

 viminalis 



