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time to inspect the eucalyptus groves there. On his return he 
will prepare the report of his investigations, which will later be 
published as a bulletin of the Division of Forestry. 
Work of the Botanical Assistant. 
During February and the first part of March Mr. J. F. Rock, 
the botanical assistant of the Division of Forestry, has been at 
work identifying and examining specimens collected at previous 
times. He has now indexed and prepared notes on about half 
the material so far collected. The notes so made will form the 
basis of an “Enumeration of Hawaiian Plants,” which it is ex- 
pected will in due course be followed by other publications by the 
use of which the general public can learn to know more of the 
native plants. 
Through the exchange of botanical specimens, the Herbarium 
has recently been enriched by a number of valuable additions, 
especially in the way of eucalyptus from Dr. J. H. Maiden, the 
government botanist of New South Wales. 
Prize for Seattle Exhibit. 
Early in March the Board received from the officers of the 
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition a gold medal, for the exhibit 
of Flawaiian woods and botanical specimens sent last summer to 
Seattle. The diploma accompanying the award has been framed 
and hung on the walls of the office ; the medal itself, suitably in- 
scribed, has been deposited in the Territorial Archives. 
Tests of Locally Grown Eucalyptus. 
Through a cooperative agreement worked out between this 
Division and the Oahu Railway and Land Company, some fifty 
trees each of three species of eucalyptus — blue gum, swamp ma- 
hogany and yate — have been felled on Tantalus, cut into eight 
foot lengths and hauled to the Oahu Railway and Land Co. yards. 
These logs are now being cut into ties. After being allowed time 
to season properly they will be laid at designated points along the 
road, under a variety of conditions. 
In March 28, Mr. Margolin and I, in company with Mr. H. N. 
Denison, superintendent, and Mr. G. Hughes, road master, went 
over the line and worked out a definite plan for laying the ties. 
This experiment, the first that has been made with eucalyptus in 
Hawaii, should yield valuable data as to the worth of these species 
for tie purposes. 
Eucalyptus Timbers to be Tested. 
Looking further to securing accurate data in regard to the 
value of eucalyptus, a few additional trees of the three kinds 
mentioned above, together with the lemon scented gum {E. citrio- 
