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from  the  women  of  Hawaii  the  same  enthusiastic  support  that 
characterizes  the  action  of  the  Women’s  Clubs  in  mainland  states. 
In  addition  to  Mrs.  Knudsen’s  paper  short  addresses  were  given 
by  Governor  Frear,  Judge  Dole,  Ex-Governor  Carter,  Bishop 
Restarick,  Dr.  Scudder  and  by  me.  A full  account  of  both  meet- 
ings including  the  speeches  made,  will  be  published  in  the  March 
number  of  the  Hawaiian  Forester  and  Agriculturist. 
FOREST  FIRE — WAHIAWA. 
On  February  21st,  a forest  fire  was  reported  from  the  Hale- 
manu  section,  Waialua  District,  on  this  island,  by  the  local  Dis- 
trict Fire  Warden,  Mr.  W.  M.  Templeton.  At  Mr.  Templeton’s 
request  Mr.  Albert  Alexander  of  the  Wahiawa  Consolidated  Pine- 
apple Company,  with  about  40  men,  and  Mr.  Lord  of  the  Waialua 
Agricultural  Company,  with  about  as  many  more,  went  to  the 
fire  and  succeeded  in  extinguishing  it  before  it  had  spread  over 
a very  large  area,  though  the  fire  did  get  into  the  timber  to  some 
extent. 
In  connection  with  this  fire  the  Attorney  General  has  been 
asked  to  take  steps  leading  to  the  prosecution  of  the  persons  guilty 
of  starting  the  fire.  On  this  matter  there  is  as  yet  nothing  to  re- 
port. 
FREE  CONGRESSIONAL  VEGETABLE  SEED. 
In  the  report  of  this  Division  for  January  mention  was  made 
that  there  had  been  received  from  the  Delegate  to  Congress, 
Honorable  J.  K.  Kalanianaole,  his  quota  of  congressional  vegeta- 
ble seed  for  free  distribution.  Early  in  February  letters  were  sent 
to  each  of  the  leading  newspapers  in  the  Territory  announcing 
that  seed  could  be  had  by  those  who  applied.  Numerous  letters 
have  been  received  in  response  to  this  offer.  To  each  of  the  per- 
sons applying  a package  of  seed  has  been  sent  out. 
DISTRIBUTION  OF  INTRODUCED  TREES. 
Arrangements  have  also'  been  made  during  the  past  month  to 
distribute  to  a selected  list  of  persons  throughout  the  Territory 
seed  of  the  Japanese  Cedar,  the  Benguet  Pine  (an  important  tim- 
ber tree  from  the  Philippines)  and  seedlings  of  the  English  wal- 
nut resulting  from  nuts  produced  by  the  walnut  trees  near  Olinda, 
on  Mt.  Haleakala,  Maui.  All  of  these  trees  are  valuable  addi- 
tions to  our  Hawaiian  flora  and  will  unquestionably  do  well  in 
certain  sections  of  the  Territory.  Now  that  the  experimental 
garden  in  Makiki  Valley  has  been  got  into  working  order  it  will 
be  possible  to  do  much  more  work  in  the  way  of  plant  introduc- 
tion and  distribution  than  has  been  possible  in  the  past. 
On  his  return  from  a trip  to  the  Orient,  Mr.  F.  W.  Terry  of 
