The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-25

alv cut the trees and used them.
Forbes have had experience with the tree 1t IS
work 1t hardwood tree but IS not the ts
for plantation purposes It's hard WOOD lol
fnitue or carriage building something like that 1t does
not compare other OF the hardwood trees texture
such ash oak OF those mbers 1t very pe e
and would good for ornamental purposes
Mr. Thurston-Does it make good tence-Pos posts au4
Mr. Forbes-No, because does not last long enough
Mr. Thurston-I up in Hamakua recently at Mr. Louis
plantation He has been experimenting with many
of varieties produce shade for the coffee plants
He told me using almost exclusively the ore
vile trees They grew very rapidly ana p1Gqbe+a b leaves
and spread the ground so that 1t kept the weeds
from growing.
Mr. Forbes-In Ceylon they using the Ceville trees
almost entirely for shade trees the teapans
The Chairn1an-We planted a great many on Maui
Mr. Hosner-One trouble is that have planted great
many trees the past but they have not come to stage
where they been enough to cut and utilize SO that
we very basis for stating their usefulness and
will reoue more experience speak further, hope in
compile all of the data which can be secured
Mr. T. Kotnskv-While IT is connected with forestry
or rubber thought it might apropos suggest the
planters of rubber be careful about their mPoratlo AS
far as the mporations plants from the East Austria
liza Asia Cey1on India that they will be looked
after by most vigant inspector Mr. CraW; put H. as
there plants from either California or per
haps as the of RUBBER Central and South America
along then by running direct to io
and Kauu without touching at Honolulu there some dan
ger that will bring along with them pests that would
prove of danger practically everything we have growing
Islands few weeks tell to Our lot to dis
cover that years ago, lemon trees in
troduced Fiji, upon which at that time were probably
few specimens OF scale insect which has increased SINCE
then have the finishing touches to
coffee in Ceylon and reported as having been found IN
CeyIon and plants, g1ava and other
plants cultivated At that time far as know
there inspection certainly no inspection as we under
stand it Craw these Islands 1t is fortunate
say that have made the discovery time and that the
few that being immediately
upon parasites that already introduced here by
Mr. Koebee they didn't sprad far We hope now that
by burning of these few ony three OF hem) we
has destroyed these Islands 1t mat
evade the vigant inspector any one desires
do but cannot be urged too strongly upon all the IN
abtants of this Territory good and for the
good of their neghbos to nothing OF the welfare OF
Territory insist that matter where the plants
FROM that they don't get into their possession before
they passed through the hands of the inspector Several
such discoveries have been made within the past few months
and to would appear though those
inoductons made within the past few months but as
of fact but those were made
years ago. though they discovered until
Since they have been observed everything has been
done check their spread and to etermnae them possible
will therefore repeat that every importer of plants
thing pertaining plants should be his officer and self
examination of competent inspector for both insects and
fungus diseases (Appause) If am allowed want to add
concerning the antana Now and then
reports districts of the Territory saying
that the anana bug as it is known collectively is doing
this and that group of plants. TO knowledge
five of those insects The most OF them
all so far as could see are the Lantana eedhy
which produces big spots the leaves and finally
what the Tngid Lantana leaf bug OF the hve
the Lantana leabug is the only sucking The
actually their food if they had teeth Perhaps
of these FIVE insects large numbers does
seedy yet competent observer seldom
gets the opportunity to see fly the field The only way
the fly and observe it in operation at ALL is to
Certainly the Tngd has increased in numbers with
in the past year. 1t is slow walker, so that
could considerable number of seconds
in observation of them and while he would know few
unless those of the and others equally
notorious he knows this insect about well he knows
other the Islands, for the that it sald
sow-moving and does fly very readily 1t
fecy that the bug would be carried other
plant the vicinity and there it observed and Immediately
suspicion falls upon being the insect that does all the
damages probably attributable thousand and
With this knowledge in will perhaps
the minds of those who apprehensive the future
of vegetation these Islands, One prominent
recently far say that all vegetation in
that district doomed and that all due to the Ian
bug which the only that he knew Of until he
informed the contrary which did as
him.
Mr.. Morton bugs and caterpilars, would say that [
observed within the last three months
caterpillar 1t is of light with dark stripe running
lengthvays caterpillar 1t has got little thorn
were, sticking head little horn 1t is
something | have seen before until within the
last month or
Mr. Giffard-HOW LARGE is it,