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remedy when used in combination with whale-oil soap. I shall 
soon submit a detailed report of these experiments for publica- 
tion in the “Forester.” 
In all, during the past six weeks, I have made nineteen experi- 
ments. Some of them have been repeated from two to six times 
and altogether a considerable amount of spraying has been done. 
With all of these experiments 1 have personally prepared and 
applied the mixtures or solutions and noted the results. The ex- 
periments have been conducted in gardens controlled by Chinese. 
These people were at first suspicious, but are gradually becom- 
ing interested and one owner has become so impressed with the 
good results obtained with the “medicines” I have applied to his 
])lants that he has purchased a spraying outfit and will continue 
to fight the various pests which infest his crops along the lines 
which I have demonstrated. 
Respectfully, 
H. O. Marsh, 
Assistant Entomologist. 
A W^ashington letter in this issue tells of the rapidly in- 
creasing utilization of the national forests by people for sum- 
mer outings. Before a great while the forests of Hawaii may 
be added to the category mentioned in the correspondence. 
Our promotionists have recently been paying more attention 
to tourist routes through the sublimely picturescpie regions 
of this grou]). Arrangements can ])robably be made with the 
Territorial authorities whereby responsible parties of resi- 
dents and strangers may have access to the recesses of the 
forest reserves established throughout the Islands. There is 
a large organization in Honolulu which has taken up the 
work of making trails, with rest houses, for mountain explor- 
ation. 
