THE HAWAIIAN FORESTER 
AND AGRICULTURIST 
Vol. XIX. Honolulu, July, 1922. No. 7 
REPORT ON EXPERIMENTAL FOREST PLANTING 
AT HIGH ALTITUDES OF 
MAUI AND HAWAII 
By C. J. Kraebel, Asst. Siipt. of Forestry 
In June 1909 there was made the first planting of temperate- 
zone coniferous trees in an experiment conducted cooperatively 
by the Territorial Division of Forestry and the Federal Forest 
Service, with funds set aside by the latter service. In Au- 
gust 1911 the last sowing of seed and the last planting 
of seedlings concluded the establishment of the experiment. 
Between these two dates numerous plantings and . sowings 
were made in the selected areas as plants and seeds became avail- 
able. Since 1911 the only activities directed upon the experi- 
ment have been the maintenance of the plot fences during the 
first few years after establishment, and periodic examinations 
of the areas until April 1913. A partial examination was made 
in 1917 by Mr. C. S. Judd. Six progress reports were submitted 
by Mr. R. S. Hosmer to the District Forester at San Francisco 
as follows: April 15, 1911— June 2, 1911— February 28, 1912— 
March 24, 1913— April 1, 1913 (Memorandum)— February 2, 
1914 (General summary). 
The present statement is therefore the first decade report, 
since it presents a resume of conditions ten years after the com- 
plete establishment of the experiment. Previous reports were 
made so shortly after the starting of the experiment that safe 
conclusions were not possible, but it seems reasonable that a full 
decade of growth might have produced results which can be 
useful in guiding any policy of future plantings. Although pre- 
vious reports have stated the purpose and plan of the experi- 
ment it appears advisable to recapitulate briefly these features 
at this time. 
Object 
The object of the experiment, as set forth in the working 
plan prepared by Mr. Ralph S. Hosmer, then Superintendent 
of Forestry, was ''to introduce into the forest flora of the Ter- 
