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tunity to express freely its individuality. I therefore recom- 

 mend and urge this Board to find means whereby we will be 

 enabled to publish at least one series of bulletins, which shall 

 appear whenever there is material on hand, either scientific or 

 popular. By the freedom of exchange such contributions form 

 the most useful and practical medium of communication between 

 different institutions of the world, and will help to promote and 

 advertise, as well as make the world acquainted with the work 

 accomplished by the Station in question. 



FOREST AND BOTANICAL EXHIBIT. 



During the month of January, 1909, it was decided by the Ha- 

 waii Commissioners of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to 

 send a forestry and botanical exhibit to the Exposition. 



The collecting of the wood specimens forming a part of the 

 forestry exhibit and the arrangement of the botanical display was 

 entrusted to me. At the suggestion that the Punaluu Mountains 

 would be the best place from which to secure Oahu specimens, 

 permission was secured from the Trustees of the Bishop Estate, 

 as well as from Mr. J. B. Castle, to proceed to Punaluu Camp 

 and there cut the desired number of trees. 



On February 1, 1909, according to instructions, I went to the 

 above named place, camping there for several days, and cutting 

 about forty logs, including duplicates. Ten natives were em- 

 ployed for nearly a week. The hauling of the large logs to the 

 railroad track was not only difficult, but exceedingly dangerous. 

 They had to be carried from an elevation of 2500 feet over a 

 narrow, zigzag foot trail, cut into the face of a precipitous cliff, 

 which, during the continuous rain at that time prevailing, was in 

 almost impassable condition, two landslides having occurred at 

 the time. Besides the logs, herbarium material of 500 specimens 

 was collected. 



On February 11, I proceeded in company with one of the 

 Commissioners, Mr. A. F. Knudsen, to Kauai, going to Waimea. 

 Immediately after arrival I started for the mountains accom- 

 panied by several natives, Mr. Knudsen following the next day. 

 Halemanu mountain-house was made headquarters. Most of 

 the trees cut for wood specimens came from) Kopiwai forest, 

 which is rather open and more accessible than the forest back 

 of Halemanu, besides being drier, and therefore richer in species. 



From Halemanu I made trips into the interior of Kauai, visit- 

 ing Kalalau and Kilohana, where the beautiful Wilkesia gym- 

 noxyphiwn Gray, (Iliau) (see plate 10) is to be found in com- 

 pany with Lobelias. The great bog of Lehua makanoe, with its 

 fragrant endemic violets and insect-eating plant Drosera longi- 

 folia, a native of Europe, was explored, as well as Mohihi, Alakai 



