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made with the Oahu Plantation Company, Ltd., and for Lot C 
with Mr. C. G. Owen. Seedling trees furnished from the Gov- 
ernment Nursery are now being set out in these lots. 
Early in March the Superintendent of Forestry submitted a 
comprehensive outline of a plan for forest planting and tree dis- 
tribution, to be put into effect as soon as money is available. 
Detailed plans for each locality where planting is recommended 
are no^ being drawn up. It is the intention of the Board to 
establish forest plantations at carefully selected points on each 
island. The localities recommended for initial work are the 
Pupukea-Paumalu Tract on Oahu, the Kohala Mt. Forest Re- 
serve on Hawaii, the Polipoli and Waihou Spring Reserves on 
Alaui, and the Papapaholahola Reserve at Kalaheo, Kauai. 
It is further the intention of the Board to extend the general 
distribution of forest trees to the public by enlarging the exist- 
ing sub-nurseries at Hilo and at Homestead, Kauai, and by es- 
tablishing new stations in a number of other districts. Corre- 
spondence and the elaboration of details in regard to these matters 
has taken up considerable of my own time the last few weeks. 
Plant Introduction. 
Gradually the Experiment Garden in Makiki Valley is being 
got into shape so that it can be used to advantage. Shipments of 
seeds of plants new to the Territory are constantly being received. 
There is now on the way from the Orient a large consignment of 
both seed and plants sent by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder, who as special 
agent of the Board is looking out for interests of the Territory 
during a visit to that part of the world. 
Federal Tree Planting Experiments. 
During March seed of some fifty kinds of mainland trees — 
conifers and broadleaf species — were planted in nurseries on the 
slopes of Mauna Kea and Haleakala and in the experimental 
plots on the higher slopes of those mountains. The seedlings 
that will result from these sowings will supplement the trees from 
mainland nurseries already set out. Among the kinds now being 
tested some should be found suitable for use under our local 
conditions. The species that are found to do well can then be • 
planted on a large scale. 
Eucalyptus Investigation. 
During the greater part of February and the first half of 
March, Mr. L. Margolin, forest inspector, was on iMaui making 
measurements in and studying the eucalyptus plantations on that 
island. He returned to Honolulu on March 17, when the work- 
ing up of the figures and the compilation of the data collected 
was started. Mr. Margolin is at present on Kauai for a short 
