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THE NURSERY REPORT. 
Honolulu, July 31, 1911. 
R. S. Hosmer, Esq., Superintendent of Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 
Dear Sir : — The principal work done during the month of July 
is as follows : 
NURSERY. 
Distribution of Plants. 
In seed 
In boxes 
Pot 
boxes 
transplanted 
grown 
Total 
Gratis- 
10,000 
1,200 
288 
11,488 
Sold 
130 
130 
10,000 
1,200 
418 
11,618 
Collections for July amounted to $3010.15, $55.15 of which 
was on account of plants and seed sold and $2955 on account of 
''Preservation, Extension, etc., Forestry and Forest Reserves (see 
sec. 385, R. L.)," payment for timber cut in Puna, Hawaii, by 
the Hawaiian Development Company, under logging license Janu- 
ary 10, 1910. 
COLLECTION OF SEED. 
The collecting of Grevillea rohiista, also species of the Eucalyp- 
tus and Casuarina, has constituted the principal work during the 
month. 
EXPERIMENT GARDEN, MAKIKI. 
The two men were employed in the following work : Trans- 
planting seedlings, mixing and sterilizing soil, etc. 
U. S. EXPERIMENTAL PLANTING IN NUUANU VALLEY. 
Since the beginning of the month one man has been employed, 
his work being planting and hoeing. A portable tool shed and 
shelter hut was built in sections at the nursery and it has been 
placed near the middle of the tract to be planted. This hut will 
serve for a tool shed and also a shelter for the men during heavy 
rains. 
Seven half-acre and two third-acre plots have been planted 
with the following trees, each plot containing one species : 
Half-acre plots — Eucalyptus corynacalyx planted, Eucalyptus 
microtheca planted. Eucalyptus gonicalyx planted. Eucalyptus 
melanophloia planted. Eucalyptus Smithii planted. Eucalyptus 
leucoxylon planted. Eucalyptus tereticornis planted ; also one plot 
partly planted with Eucalyptus pilularis. 
