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ment of Ironwood was sent as a trial to Mr. Jas. Gibb, then man- 

 ager of Paauhau Plantation, Hawaii. It seemed to work well, 

 and more shipments were made. Since then shipments of seed- 

 lings have been sent to different people in Hamakua and Ko- 

 hala, also several places on Oahu and Kauai, with good results. 

 We have found, however, that should the plants receive rough 

 treatment at the hands of the steamship people or others, there 

 is liable to be considerable loss. 



A box containing from 700 to 1000 Eucalyptus or Ironwood 

 plants costs $1.00 at the Nursery, the size of the box being 3 

 inches deep and 12x16 inches. Plants in same size of box trans- 

 planted, 50 plants to each box, cost from 75 cents to $1.00, ac- 

 cording to species, while pot-grown plants are from, l l / 2 cents to 

 2 l / 2 cents each. It will be seen that in shipping plants in the 

 seed boxes the freight bill is reduced considerably, the freight 

 being the same for a box containing from 700 to 1000 seedlings 

 as it is for a box holding 50 transplants. 



Before the seedlings are sent out, they are past the damping- 

 off stage, and there ought to be very little loss if handled rightly. 

 Any careful man can do the transplanting. This system is to be 

 recommended to those ordering plants from the Nursery in large 

 quantities for the reason that transplanting involves often more 

 labor than we have at our disposal. 



We require advice in advance should large numbers be 

 wanted; from six weeks to two months for seedlings, and about 

 three months for transplants ready to set out. 



Free List. 



The following is a list of those who have been given plants 

 gratis during the past two years. Whether this liberal free list 

 can be kept'up in the future will depend on the labor at our dis- 

 posal and the demand of people who may wish to pay for plants : 



Leper Settlement, Molokai. 



All the schools of the Territory, public and otherwise. 



The different Road Boards on Oahu. 



Public grounds of all descriptions, including court yards, ceme- 

 teries, and church yards. 



Improvement Clubs, for street planting. 



Homesteaders who do not have the means to buy trees. 



The U. S. Military and Naval Stations, forts, barracks and 

 yards. 



The list of plants given gratis includes the planting at the 

 Pupukea Forest Reserve, above the Pupukea Homesteads over 

 30,000 having been used, principally Eucalyptus robusta, with 

 about 3,000 divided as follows: Japan Cedar (Cryptomeria 



