BOTANICAL  COLLECTION. 
Beside  the  logs  and  herbarium  specimens,  Mr.  Rock  also  col- 
lected and  brought  back  from  Kauai  considerable  seed  of 
about  a dozen  Hawaiian  plants,  mainly  trees  and  shrubs.  This 
will  be  used  in  our  exchange  work. 
Special  acknowledgment  should  be  made  here  of  the  courte- 
sies extended  to  Mr.  Rock  during  this  trip  by  the  Knudsen 
Brothers  and  by  Mr.  Francis  Gay.  Without  their  cordial 
cooperation  the  trip  would  have  been  impossible. 
On  March  22  two  large  herbarium  cases,  capable  of  holding 
several  thousand  botanical  specimens,  were  set  up  in  the  ex- 
hibit room.  These  cases,  the  work  of  Mr.  Ira  Eskew  of  the 
Kamehameha  Schools,  will  be  of  material  assistance  to  this 
Division  in  its  botanical  investigations. 
TREE  PLANTING. 
The  monthly  report  of  Mr.  David  Haughs,  the  Forest  Nur- 
sery man,  for  March,  shows  that  the  number  of  persons  and 
corporations  applying  to  the  Government  Nursery  for  forest 
trees  continues  to  increase.  The  tree  most  in  demand  is  the 
Swamp  Mahogany  ( Eucalyptus  robusta).  Within  the  past  few 
weeks  several  thousand  Blue  Gum  trees  have  been  sent  to  the 
Settlement  at  Molokai.  Thirty  thousand  Ironwoods,  started 
for  the  Paauhau  Plantation,  were  sent  to  that  company  for 
planting  along  the  top  of  the  cliff.  These  are  only  items  of  the 
work  that  is  going  on  regularly,  but  they  show  that  the  Gov- 
ernment Nursery  continues  to  be  of  practical  use  to  the  people 
of  the  entire  Territory. 
EXPERIMENTAL  GARDEN,  MAKIKI. 
The  work  of  getting  the  new  experimental  garden  at  Makiki 
into  shape  still  continues.  A cottage  and  stable  have  recently 
been  built  and  one  of  the  laborers  now  lives  on  the  ground 
where  he  can  exercise  constant  supervision  over  the  garden. 
As  time  goes  on  this  garden  will  become  more  and  more  im- 
portant as  a station  for  propagating  plants  and  as  a center 
for  distribution. 
VISIT  FROM  MEMBERS  OF  THE  HOUSE. 
As  a matter  of  record  it  may  be  noted  that  the  members 
of  the  House  of  Representatives  visited  the  offices  of  the 
Board  on  April  6,  inspecting  the  work  of  the  several  divisions 
and  listening  to  statements  in  regard  thereto  from  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  and  the  Division  chiefs. 
Very  respectfully, 
RALPH  S.  PJOSMER, 
Superintendent  of  Forestry. 
