The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-01-21
TREE PLANTING
ON LARGE SCALE
THOUSANDS SET OUT IN NUUANU
VALLEY-THE BLACK BLIGHT
IN THOMAS SQUARE.

Forester David Haughs yesterday
submitted a report to the Board of
Agriculture and Forestry, on tree
planting in Nuuanu valley. 1t show
ed that thousands of trees have been
placed during the past eight months.
The report was as follows:
ITO the Honorable Board of Commits
sioners of Agriculture and Forestry.
Gentlemen: 1 herewith submit the fol-
lowing report of the work done in re-
foresting the upper part of Nuuanu
valley from May 1 to December 81, 1903
a report having been given for the four
months of the year previous to May /.
At Governor Dole's request a report
was made to him for the year ending
June 80, 1908, the same being now on
file in the office.
For the past year we have had 20
rely entirely on what seed could be
collected around here as there has
been no seed imported for forest pur-
poses. We have got our supply most
ly from the Tantalus forest, where a
number of the trees are now bearing
On our last visit to the forest we found
the following species in seed: Eucalyp-
tus, Citriodora, +. Calophylla. e. Ro-
busta and E. rostiata, and by making
thorough search many more of the
species Of this family might be found
bearing seed. Other kind of trees
may also be found bearing in forest
such as different species Of the Casuar-
ina, Syncarpia laurifolia and Others
all of which are good forest trees, al
though most of them have been tried
in Nuuanu without much of a success
owing to the heavy winds. Still they
ought to do we'll in less exposed places.
We have found in many instances that
! seed collected from the trees growing
here is more satisfactory than import
ed seed of the same kind. In the first
! place, a larger percentage of the seed
collected here will terminate than i'm
ported seed. Then again the trees
from which the seeds have been taken
are acclimated and the plants from
such trees are likely to make a faster
growth to begin with.
THE planting done in Nuuanu during
| the past eight months has been con-
| fined to the lower slopes on a piece
| of land between the old and new roads.
This piece of land is a little less ex-
posed to the wind than the land higher
up and consequently the trees are max
| ing a faster growth. The percentage
of trees that have died on this piece of
land so far is very small, not over one
per cent. The same system has been
followed as on the other lands, namely
! planting six feet by six feet, making
/ 1910 trees per acre.
1.-THE following are the number and
varieties of trees planted during the
past eight months $500 Acacia Mela-
noxylon, 800 Casuarina equistifolia,
5000 Grevillea robusta, 1000 Eucalyptus
robusta, 100 Ochrosia Sandwicensis.
"Trees to the amount of $1,000 remain
in nursery. The varieties are as fol-
lows: Acacia Melanoxylon, Casuarina
equistifolia, c. quadrivalis, c. Subrosa
c. Torulosa, Eucalyptus Calophylla. l.
robusta, Grevillea robusta, MAZDA Sand
wicensis (Lama), Ochrosia Sandwich
sis (Holel) Respectfully SUBMITTED,
DAVID HAUGHS.
Forester"
Professor r. L. c. Perkins reported as
follows on the blight in Thomas square
which he was asked to investigates:
'+rhe black blight in Thomat
Square Is merely the ordinary fungus
growth which follows the attack Of