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Report of the Consulting Botanist 



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Honolulu, Hawaii, December 31, 1914. 



The Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Gentlemen : 



I herewith present my report on the work carried on during 

 the biennial period beginning January 1st, 1913 and ending- 

 December 31st, 1914, in my capacity as Consulting Botanist. 



The writer's connection with the Forestry Division as an 

 active staif member was severed on September 1st, 1911, but he 

 was immediately appointed by your Board to the position of 

 Consulting Botanist, in which capacity he has given advice and 

 has assisted in the introduction of useful plants into this Terri- 

 tory. On the most noteworthy work of this nature he will report 

 in the following lines. 



In the earlier part of 1913 the writer was engaged in writing 

 his book on the Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands, which 

 was based mainly on the material collected by him under the 

 auspices of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry. The volume, 

 containing 530 pages with 215 plates, appeared June 26, 1913. 

 The money necessary for the publication of the book in question 

 was subscribed by some of our very liberal citizens. 



About the same time there was issued by the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and Forestry, Botanical Bulletin No. 2, entitled : "List of 

 Hawaiian Names of Plants," by J. F. Rock. This bulletin com- 

 prises a most comprehensive list of all Hawaiian names of plants 

 of all types, including mosses, lichen, sea weeds, herbs, shrubs, and 

 trees which information was secured by the writer while in the 

 employ of your Board. 



At the request of the President of your Board the writer 

 compiled an extensive article on the forest covering of all the 

 islands of the Hawaiian group, the manuscript of which now 

 awaits publication. The writer would recommend the same to 

 be published as Bulletin No. 3 of your Board, because he has 

 received many inquiries from various institutions throughout 

 the United States asking if the introduction in the writer's book 

 on the Indigenous Trees of Hawaii has been printed separately. 

 The article furnished by the writer on the forest covering of the 

 islands of the Hawaiian group is in a great measure the same as 

 his introduction in the book on trees, only it has been enlarged 

 and does not discuss the group collectively; but each island, with 



