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now traveling abroad, which contains a number of varieties of 
plants new to these islands. These have been planted in the 
propagating houses. Other rare plants from the same gentleman 
were on the way. Last month Mr. Haughs sold 1000 plants in 
transplant boxes and 624 pot-grown, and gave away 190 plants 
in seed boxes, 2000 in transplant boxes, 200 pot-grown and 4000 
for planting on the Pupukea water reserve. All of which makes 
a total of 8014 plants distributed. This kind of work is going 
on month after month, creating untold wealth, of both utility and 
beauty, for the Territory. It is only to be regretted that all of 
our people who have some land about their dwellings, also the 
local improvement clubs and the county road authorities of the 
islands, do not take full advantage of the resources of the 
Division of Forestry. Seed collecting for the nursery has been 
continued and enough of the flowering trees and palms to last for 
several months are in stock. This month the collecting of seeds 
of forest trees was to begin. Mr. Haughs says that a large 
quantity of soil has been sterilized by the steaming process lately 
started, which is a great improvement over the old method of 
cooking the soil in an open iron box. Bougainvillea vines of 
the everblooming sort are being planted along the borders of 
Tantalus road, which will greatly enhance the beauty of that 
grand scenic highway of Honolulu. 
Tropical Life (London) for February features with a red line 
printed on the cover an article on ‘‘The Progress of Cultivating 
Sugar Cane in Hawaii.” A perusal of it shows it to be both 
comprehensive and up-to-date, characteristics so unusual in for- 
eign write-ups of things Hawaiian as to awaken surprise until 
the signature is reached. “Crawley” it is and the name ends all 
wonder, for Mr. J. T. Crawley was not long since one of the 
most valued agricultural chemists in these islands. He was 
moreover a ready contributor both to the press and to meetings 
of technical organizations here. 
The report of the Bureau of Agriculture of the Philippine 
Islands for the year ending June 30, 1909, printed in the Philip- 
pine Agricultural Review for January, mentions one million pole 
plants of maguey as having been ordered from Hawaii to supply 
the demand of cultivators of the fiber in one certain section. The 
importation of thirty young avocado pear trees from Hawaii is 
also mentioned with the remark, “These trees are growing nicely 
and it is hoped that some will be secured from this lot which will 
bear fruit.” 
