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Division of Forestry. 
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, September 30, 1910. 
Board of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit as follows the re- 
Dort of the Division of Forestry for the month of Septem- 
ber, 1910: 
Planting Plans. 
At the second National Conservation Congress, held re- 
cently at St. Paul, Mr. Henry S. Graves, the Chief Forester 
of the United States, said : “The practice of forestry by pri- 
vate owners is a public necessity.” Acting on the spirit un- 
derlying this statement, the Division of Forestry devotes con- 
siderable time and energy to assisting individuals and corpo- 
rations who wish to plant trees. During September a com- 
prehensive plan for forest work on Lanai, the result of a 
visit made to that island at the end of August, was drawn 
up by the Superintendent of Forestry and submitted to the 
officers of the Lanai Company. 
In this connection it may be noted that the Molokai Ranch 
Company has started to put into operation the recommenda- 
tions contained in the planting plan prepared for that ranch 
a few months ago. Satisfactory progress is also being made 
in getting trees ready at the Nursery for the Parker Ranch 
for planting the portion of the Kohala mountain above Wai- 
mea village, Hawaii. 
On the side of furnishing trees at cost for planting on pri- 
vate lands, there are now on file with the Division of Forestry 
orders for over 300,000 forest trees, which are wanted for 
planting this fall and early winter. These orders will be 
filled as rapidly as possible, but the later ones will have to 
take their turn. This leads me to repeat a suggestion made 
in an earlier report, that it will be mutually of benefit if those 
desiring trees will notify the Division of Forestry of their 
wants some months in advance of the time the trees are de- 
sired. It takes from two to three months, with some species 
more, to get seedlings to the proper size for sending out from 
the Nursery. Consequently unless it has advance notice the 
Division of Forestry can hardly be expected to fill large orders 
without some delay. 
Arbor Day. 
The plans for the Annual Arbor Day free distribution of 
trees are well advanced. Ordinarily trees are sold from the 
Government Nursery at cost price. Each November, for 
