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JAPANESE  TREE  PLANTING  CONTEST. 
Through  the  activity  of  the  Rev.  Frank  Scudder,  no  small  in- 
terest has  been  aroused  among  Japanese  plantation  laborers  in 
tree  planting  around  camps  and  laborers’  quarters.  Prizes  have 
been  offered  for  the  best  work,  the  award  to  be  made  next  year 
on  the  basis  of  results  obtained  at  that  time.  As  after  care  in 
tree  planting  is  fully  as  important  as  the  actual  setting  out  of  the 
tree  this  sort  of  contest  is  much  to  be  encouraged  for  it  is  cer- 
tainly a move  in  the  right  direction.  There  are  few  plantation 
camps  but  could  well  be  made  more  attractive  in  general  ap- 
pearance. Whatever  gives  the  laborer  a greater  interest  in  the 
locality  tends  to  keep  him  there.’  For  this  reason  I believe  Mr. 
Scudder's  plan  is  one  that  ought  to  receive  encouragement  from 
the  plantation  interests. 
TREE  PLANTING  PRESS  BULLETINS. 
In  connection  with  the  Arbor  Day  distribution  two  new  press 
bulletins  of  the  Division  of  Forestry  were  issued  in  October. 
“Instruction  for  Planting  Forest,  Shade  and  Ornamental  Trees, 
with  Brief  Notes  on  Propagation.”  This  Press  Bulletin  is  by 
Mr.  David  Haughs,  Forest  Nurseryman.  It  was  printed  both  in 
English  and  Hawaiian.  No.  5 is  the  English  edition,  3,000 
copies ; No.  6,  the  Hawaiian,  2,000.  Copies  were  sent  out  to  per- 
sons receiving  plants  and  also  to  the  various  schools,  public  and 
private,  throughout  the  Territory. 
EUCALYPTUS  INVESTIGATION. 
In  continuation  of  the  announcement  made  last  month  of  a co- 
operative study  of  the  planted  Eucalyptus  groves  in  Hawaii  to  be 
made  jointly  by  the  Division  of  Forestry  and  the  United  States 
Forest  Service,  I am  glad  to  say  that  arrangements  have  now 
been  completed  whereby  Mr.  Louis  Margolin,  now  on  the  staff 
of  District  Five  of  the  Forest  Service,  with  headquarters  at  San 
Francisco,  has  been  detailed  to  this  work.  Mr.  Margolin  plans 
to  leave  for  Hawaii  by  the  December  transport.  Field  work  will 
be  started  at  once  on  his  arrival. 
INSPECTION  TRIP  EXPERIMENTAL  PLANTING 
From  October  26  to  October  30  I was  away  from  Honolulu  on 
a quick  inspection  trip  to  Hawaii,  to  visit  the  upper  slopes  of 
Mauna  Kea  and  take  over  the  experimental  planting  enclosures 
that  have  been  fenced  under  contract  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Carter. 
Actual  planting  will  be  commenced  in  these  plots  in  the  near 
future. 
