CIRCULAR NO. 2 DIVISION OF FORESTRY 



TERRITORY OF HAWAII 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY 



RALPH S. HOSMER 



SUPERINTENDENT 



Instructions for Propagating Forest, Shade 

 and Ornamental Trees. 



BY DAVID HAUGHS 



FOREST NURSERYMAN 



One of the principal objects of the Division of Forestry is to 

 encourage tree planting. This it does by giving advice on how 

 to grow trees and by furnishing at cost price tree seed and seed- 

 lings. 



This circular has been prepared to answer inquiries that are 

 constantly being made of the Division of Forestry regarding the 

 best methods to use in tree planting in Hawaii. Detailed advice 

 as to what trees should be planted to secure certain results will 

 gladly be furnished upon application, which may be made either 

 in person or by letter. 



PLANT DISTRIBUTION. 



Seedlings of the kinds most in demand for planting in different 

 parts of the Territory are kept constantly on hand at the Govern- 

 ment Nursery at Honolulu and at several substations on the 

 other islands. Seed of a considerably larger number of trees suit- 

 able for various purposes, may also be had from the Division of 

 Forestry by those who desire to grow their own trees. 



Persons in the vicinity of Hilo should apply for trees at the 

 local Nursery there, in charge of Brother Matthias Newell ; those 



