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who are not required to notify us in advance, will keep us busy. 
The majority of the trees ordered is for seedlings in seed boxes. 
A few thousands, however, are wanted transplanted and ready 
to set out. 
Experiment Garden, Makiki. 
The quarters and a large quantity of the nursery stock suffered 
severely through the discharge of a heavy blast of powder which 
scattered rocks all over the quarters and plants. The blast was 
the work of the men laboring on the new Tantalus road which 
passes immediately above the quarters. 
Large rocks, some of which must have weighed over a ton, 
were sent flying all around the quarters. The cottage, which is 
generally occupied by a man and family, but at this time luckily 
happened to be empty, was left after the blast in a very shattered 
condition. The end facing the new road was practically battered 
in, the floor and roof smashed in many places. The stable also 
suffered, the front part being practically wrecked. The storeroom 
and potting shed had several pieces of roofing and rafters de- 
stroyed. The nursery stock that suffered most was the new plants 
introduced by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder, about 1000 of which were 
totally destroyed. The loss of so many rare plants is much re- 
gretted. The Superintendent of Public Works has had the gov- 
ernment carpenters repair the wrecked buildings. 
U. S. Experimental Planting in Nnuanu Valley. 
One man has been employed during the month, his principal 
work being hoeing and plantmg. 
Very respectfully, 
David Haughs, 
Forest Nurseryman. 
RABBIT PEST HERE. 
Honolulu, Sept. 15, 1911. 
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 
Gentlemen : — There has recently come to my attention from 
wholly reliable sources the fact that in two localities on this island 
rabbits have escaped from their owners and are now at large in 
increasing numbers. The localities where they have been seen are 
on the land of Kalauao, Ewa district, near Honolulu plantation, 
and at Mokuleia in the Waialua district. 
Those at Mokuleia are supposed to have got away from Chinese 
banana growers. They have been seen at large there during the 
last three or four months. The band is a small one, perhaps not 
more than a dozen, but there are said to be two generations. Two 
rabbits have recently been caught. 
