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I met a friend who has gone to Panama, and he has carried 
and undertaken to send to you by parcels post, if possible, some 
of the heavier packages, so I am hoping that my efforts may 
reach some degree of success. 
I am enclosing a complete list of the palm seeds and the other 
things. If you find that these packages of seeds are going to 
occupy too much space at the station, or that there is not room 
for them at Makiki, you could give them to my Japanese yard- 
man. But I would suggest that seed which I send be carefully 
examined and allowed to germinate under cover, so in case there 
should, by any chance, be any larvae of beetles, you could detect 
them. 
I have sent many more seeds that I wish to have you try and 
propagate. Some of the mailing tubes contain some new and 
rare altogether; plants and cuttings, and I only hope that my 
method and means of packing will at least carry, and that we 
may get a fair percentage of these to grow. 
I have had to use coconut dust in lieu of spagum moss, as the 
latter article is not to be had here. 
I am sending one seed of the Brazil nut, BerthoUetia exelsa, 
and trust I can find some way to get it on except by way of 
New York, which I am inclined to think will be too cold for it 
just now. I will have to leave it to you as to how you are to get 
the seeds out. (Sent via New York, Dec. 2, 1910.) 
I have made notes in the annexed list of the things I sent to- 
day, to guide you as to how and where to plant. I am sure 
we shall have some interesting trees for Arbor Day, 1911. 
I wish to get about a pound of Keawe seeds, Prosopis juMora, 
cleaned from the pod, as well as a few good clean specimens of 
the bean. I desire to send them to the various islands where I 
will visit, and where I have made friends. You could put the 
beans in one of the mailing tubes, if the beans are now in season, 
and if there are none to have, we can send them after I get home 
in March. 
It has appeared strangle to me that the Keawe has never been 
introduced to the islands of the West Indies, but so far in my 
travels, I have not seen it, nor can I find any Creole who knows 
of its useful properties, as fuel or fodder. The island lacks a 
climate equal to Hawaii's, and it rains here every day. The heat 
is somewhat oppressive between the hours of 1 1 a. m. and 3 p. m., 
and at this time most of the inhabitants rest and remain in doors. 
The blacks are lazy and sluggish and the climate accentuates their 
desire to loaf and take it easy. 
Trusting that the several packages which should go by way of 
Panama and San Francisco reach you in good condition, and 
hoping to hear from you at your early convenience, I am, with 
Aloha to the stafif at the Station and a Merry Christmas and a 
Happy New Year, 
Yours truly, 
Gerrit p. Wilder. 
