Report of the Forest Nurseryman. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, December 31, 1910. 



R. S. Hosmer, Esq., 



Superintendent of Forestry, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Dear Sir: I herewith submit a report of the work done at 

 the Government Nursery, Experiment Station, Makiki, Tantalus 

 Forest and Nuuanu Station for the years 1909 and 1910. 



NURSERY. 



COLLECTION AND EXCHANGE OF SEEDS. 



The collection of seed has been continued and the demand is 

 increasing. The local demand is greater than it has ever been, 

 owing to a large number of corporations and others starting to 

 do tree planting. Our exchange list includes institutions in al- 

 most every country on the globe, from a number of which we 

 are continually receiving requests for seed of our exotic and in- 

 digenous plants. 



A great deal of the Eucalyptus seed wanted for local use is 

 collected on Tantalus; in fact, the great bulk of the forest tree 

 seed used in the Territory is collected locally. The price charged 

 for seed collected by us is less than half of the cost of similar 

 seed if compared with the catalogue prices in other countries. 

 Our prices are based on the cost of collecting. 



In the introduction of seed and plants new to the Territory 

 great credit is due Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder, who has been untiring 

 in his efforts to introduce new plants and seed. Mr. Wilder has 

 collected and forwarded plants and seed from the following 

 countries: Manila, P. I.; Singapore, Straits Settlement; Pe- 

 nang, Strait of Mallaca ; Hongkong ; Colombo, Ceylon ; Calcutta, 

 B. I.; Naples and Florence, Italy; Vienna, Austria; Carlsbad, 

 Bohemia; Brussels, B'elgium; Godsberg, Germany; London, 

 England ; Paris, France ; also from a number of places in the 

 West Indies. 



Mr. Wilder was at Antigua when this report was being pre- 

 pared. Porto Rico, Jamaica, Havana, Cuba, Mexico and Cali- 

 fornia are also included in the list of places he intends visiting. 



The seed and plants received from Mr. Wilder are being started 

 in our propagating houses, and every attention and care used in 



