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Corynocalyx, 12 feet; Euc. Leucoxylon, 12 feet; Euc. Paniculata, 
12 feet; Euc. Corynibosa, 6 feet. 
"The best average height, and the evenest grown lot of trees 
was the Euc. Botryoides; the poorest being the E. Corymbosa. 
The average height of the whole three-acre lot was over 10 feet. 
One stray (Blue Gum) Euc. Globulus, that was accidentally 
planted in the cultivated lot measured 12 feet in height. This tree 
had exactly the same treatment the others had, which goes to 
show pretty well, that both Rudis and Botryoides, are faster 
growers than the Globulus ; both these species are ranked very 
highly in Australia for railroad ties, and fence posts. This is 
well to be known, especially as the Globulus, or Blue Gum, is the 
Eucalyptus most commonly grown at the islands, and, except for 
firewood, is the poorest for any purpose. 
v Results. 
"Considering the unusually dry weather we have had for the 
last twelve months, I consider the growth of the trees in the 
cultivated lot remarkable. 
"Under normal conditions, that is, where there is not a heavy 
growth of manienie to contend with, the cultivation of the trees 
should cost very much less than the amount above shown. 
"The difference in favor of the cultivated as against the uncul- 
tivated trees is so great in favor of the former, that I shall favor 
the cultivation of all trees hereafter planted on the ranch, wherever 
the location is such as to make it possible. 
"A^ showing what the possibilities are of fence post production, 
I would call attention to figures heretofore reported, viz : That 
last year I cut 244 good fence posts, five to twelve inches in dia- 
meter, from 38 second growth Eucalyptus Rostrata trees, twelve 
years old. Some of these posts have been put in the ground plain 
and the balance subjected to Creosote treatment by the Kahului 
Railroad Company. All of these posts will have the date stamped 
on them, and the place of use recorded in the ranch forestry book ; 
so that their respective life in the ground can be ascertained 
accurately. " 
The foregoing results, I submit, are such as to more than war- 
rant all plantations, especially those which use railroads and have 
large amounts of fencing to do, experimenting with cultivated 
forestry. 
GENERAL RE-FORESTING FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES. 
This subject, like the poor, is always with us. What has been 
said and repeatedly re-said on this subject is today more vital to 
the agricultural interests of Hawaii than ever, and in no case more 
so than to the irrigated sugar plantations. 
