THE PLAN OF CO-OPERATION. 



The Division of Forestry stands ready to give advice as to 

 the kinds of trees best adapted for particular needs and as 

 to the methods which should be followed to insure success, in 

 all classes of forest-tree planting. It will also undertake for 

 a time to give advice on road-side and street tree planting, 

 although this is not strictly within the province of forest work. 



The Division of Forestry has already in hand sufficient in- 

 fomation so that in many instances, advice can at once be 

 given to fully cover the needs of the applicant, particularly 

 where only a limited area is to be planted. In other cases, 

 and especially where planting is to be done on a large scale, 

 an agent of the Division will visit the locality and inspect the 

 conditions on the ground. Having become familiar through a 

 personal examination with the situation, soil, exposure and 

 other factors, he is prepared to make definite and comprehen- 

 sive recommendations. These may sometimes be given ver- 

 bally, but will usually be embodied in a planting plan. The 

 planting plan includes a statement of the species best adapted 

 for the desired purpose in the given locality, directions in re- 

 gard to the starting' and care of the seedling trees in the nur- 

 sery, the preparation of the soil, transplanting and setting out, 

 the proper spacing of the trees and the subsequent care neces- 

 sary to be given them. When advisable a diagram or sketch 

 plan illustrative of the arrangement or spacing of the trees 

 accompanies the report. 



The services of the agent of the Division of Forestry are 

 without cost to the applicant, but his expenses for traveling 

 from Honolulu to the locality visited and return, and his sub- 

 sistence must be borne by the applicant. When several per- 

 sons on a single island are visited on one trip, the cost of the 

 trip will be divided among them. 



As one of the objects of the Division of Forestry in co-operat- 

 ing with the individual planter is to secure the general intro- 

 duction of better methods, the Division reserves the right to 

 publish and distribute the plat! and its results for the informa- 

 tion of the public. 



