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in g might  have  been  obtained.  While  there  are  patches  of 
very  good  rubber  land  at  Nahiku  there  are  at  the  same  time 
parts  on  which  rubber  is  planted  that  will  in  my  opinion  never 
grow  good  trees.  First,  on  account  of  their  being  too  high  and 
wet.  Second,  on  account  of  their  being  too  much  exposed. 
While  at  Nahiku  I saw  Ceara  trees  near  the  sea  which  had  lost 
their  leaves  owing  to  their  having  been  shriveled  up  by  the 
storm  of  a couple  of  weeks  ago.  This  in  my  mind  must  have  a 
very  bad  effect  on  the  trees  by  retarding  their  growth. 
‘‘The  Ceara  at  Nahiku  seemed  to  be  doing  better  than  the 
Hevea  but  I put  this  down  chiefly  to  practically  all  of  the  Hevea 
having  been  stunted  at  the  start,  also  from  not  having  been 
planted  in  the  right  way.  There  are  parts  up  in  Nahiku,  i.e., 
the  more  sheltered  parts,  where  I think  that  with  proper  plant- 
ing, draining,  and  cultivation,  Hevea  would  grow  well.  The 
trouble  with  Nahiku  in  my  mind  for  Hevea  is  as  follows:  The 
lower  land  is  too  near  the  sea  (and  thus  is  exposed  to  the  salt 
air,  which  rubber  trees  cannot  stand),  while  the  upper  lands 
are  too  high,  cold  and  wet. 
“I  think  a grove  of  trees  such  as  I saw  at  Kohaia  and  at 
Nahiku  landing  could  be  made  to  pay  with  labor  conditions  as 
they  are  here,  but  to  do  so  they  must  have  proper  cultivation 
and  drainage.  The  growth  of  well  kept  Ceara  trees  here,  is  I 
think  as  good  as  the  growth  of  well  kept  Hevea  trees  in  the 
Malay  Peninsula,  and  if  the  growth  is  not  retarded  by  lack  of 
cultivation,  I see  no  reason  why  you  should  not  be  able  to  grow 
fine  rubber  producing  trees. 
“In  Malay,  Hevea  trees  are  generally  planted  from  stumps 
from  six  to  twelve  months  old.  The  stumps  are  pulled  out  of 
the  ground  and  the  tap  root  is  cut  so  as  to  leave  only  from  s:x 
to  ten  inches.  The  lateral  roots  are  also  cut  off  about  a quarter 
of  an  inch  from  the  stem.  The  stump  itself  is  cut  off  about  two 
inches  above  the  brown  part,  which  in  the  case  of  a six  months’ 
old  stump,  would  give  us  a stump  about  three  feet  high.  \\  c 
dig  a hole  about  fifteen  inches  square  and  fifteen  inches  deep, 
which  we  fill  up  again  with  surface  soil  and  then  plant  the 
stump.  In  planting,  care  must  be  taken  to  have  the  loose  earth 
round  the  stump  packed  solid  and  also  not  to  bury  more  of 
the  stump  than  was  originally  underground  in  the  nursery. 
The  local  prices  for  hay,  grain  and  fodders  continue  at  the 
former  advanced  figure  with  no  apparent  prospect  of  a re- 
duction. 
Owing  to  delay  in  preparing  the  illustrations,  an  interesting 
article  by  Mr.  Pope,  of  the  College  of  Hawaii,  upon  the  Banyan 
and  other  allied  trees  is  omitted  from  this  number.  It  will  ap- 
pear in  March. 
