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TREE  PLANTING  ON  HALEAKALA. 
From  April  23  to  April  27  I was  away  from  Honolulu  on 
the  island  of  Maui,  making  an  inspection  of  the  inclosures 
erected  on  the  land  of  Kalialinui  on  the  upper  slopes  of  Hale- 
akala  where,  under  the  appropriation  of  the  U.  S.  Forest  Ser- 
vice, experiments  are  to  be  conducted  in  planting  coniferous 
trees  from  the  Temperate  Zone.  The  work  of  enclosing  these 
plots  has  been  completed  in  a satisfactory  manner.  The  plant- 
ing will  begin  in  the  near  future. 
EXHIBIT  FOR  THE  EXPOSITION  AT  SEATTLE. 
During  the  month  of  April  practically  all  of  the  time  of  Mr. 
Rock,  the  botanical  assistant,  and  not  a little  of  my  own,  has 
been  given  to  preparing  the  exhibit  of  Hawaiian  woods  and 
plants  that  is  to  go  to  the  Alaska-Yukon-Paeific  Exposition, 
to  be  held  this  summer  at  Seattle.  The  collection  has  been 
carefully  prepared  and  should  be  of  considerable  interest.  In 
addition  to  the  wood  specimens  and  the  herbarium  material, 
maps  and  charts  showing  the  existing  forest  reserves  will  also 
be  sent. 
PLANTING  PLAN  FOR  KUKAIAU  LANDS. 
A detailed  planting  plan,  the  result  of  a visit  to  the  lands 
of  the  Kukaiau  Plantation  Company’s  ranch  made  sometime 
ago,  was  drawn  up  by  Mr.  Haughs  during  April  to  assist  the 
company  in  carrying  out  their  agreement  with  the  Govern- 
ment to  plant  these  lands  with  forest  trees. 
MISCELLANEOUS  WORK. 
In  connection  with  the  preparation  of  herbarium  material 
there  has  now  been  got  together  in  usable  shape  considerable 
information  in  regard  to  the  names  and  uses  of  native  Hawai- 
ian and  introduced  plants.  It  is  the  intention  to  continue  the 
preparation  of  this  material  until  it  can  be  made  of  use  to  the 
general  public  in  the  form  of  popular  bulletins.  There  is  very 
marked  need  for  just  such  publications,  but  before  they  can  be 
issued  much  careful  scientific  work  has  to  be  done. 
Requests  for  forest  trees  and  seed  for  planting  continue  to 
come  from  plantations  and  others  in  the  different  parts  of  the 
Territory.  Arrangements  are  going  forward  whereby  by  next 
fall  trees  in  good  numbers  can  be  given  out  from  the  sub- 
station at  Kalaheo  on  the  island  of  Kauai,  and  also  from 
another  station  about  to  be  established  in  the  Hilo  District  on 
the  island  of  Hawaii. 
Very  respectfully, 
RALPH  S.  HOSMER, 
Superintendent  of  Forestry. 
