The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-17
BOARD Of FORESTRY WILL
A|O IN PLANTING OUT TREES
II Is Desired 10 Meet Part OF Home Demand
for Lumber by Foresting the
Waste Places.

taken should be done advisedly and
in accordance with a systematic plan
The purpose of the Division of For
estcy in offering to cooperate with the
individual planter is to stimulate in
terest in tree planting, and by the
introduction of good methods to Sc
Z cure the best results in the work done.
Ito explain the offer of cooperation is
the object of this circular.
PAST EXPERIENCE.
1.-The recommendation of the Divi-
sion of Forestry are based on what
has been actually accomplished in the
Territory, ard on technical lnforfna-
tion brought together by members or
the staff During the past thirty
! years much tree planting has been
1 done in Hawaii-many species of trees
having been tried under variety of
conditions and in many localities.
Some nave succeeded well. Others,
through their failure, have proved
equally instructive. The planting has
included roadside and ornamental
planting. as well as wind breaks and
forest plantations made primarily for
| commerc returns. As a result Of all
has been accumulated.
The Division of Forestry stands
ready to give advice as to the kinds
of trees best adapted for particular
needs and as to the methods which
should be followed to insure success,
in all classes of forest-tree planting.
1t will also undertake for a time to
give advice on roadside and street
tree planting, although this is not
strictly within the province of forest
work
SERVICES WITHOUT COST.
The Division of Forestry has al
ready in hand sufficient information SO
that in many instances advice can at
once oe given to fully cover the needs
OF the applicant, particularly where
only limited area is to- be planted.
In other cases, and especially where
planting is to be done on a large scale,
an agent of the Division will visit the
locality and inspect the conditions on
the ground. Having become familiar
through personal examination with
the situation, soil, exposure and other
factors, he is prepared to make 0en-
mite and comprehensive recommended
tons These may sometimes be given
verbally, but will usually be embodied
in a planting plan. The planting plan
includes a statement of the specles
best adapted for the desired purpose
in the given locality, directions in re
gard to the starting and care of the
Seeding trees in the nursery, the prep
aration OF the soil, transporting and
setting out the proper spacing of the
trees and the subsequent care neces-
sary TO be given them. When adyis-
ttin csIxs y,
trative of the arrangement or spacing
of the trees accompanies the report
THE services of the agent of the Di-
vision OF Forestry are without cost to
the applicant, but his expenses for
travelling from Honolulu to the locality
visited and return, and his subsistence
must be borne by the applicant. When
several persons on single island are
visited on one trip, the cost of the trip
will be divided among them.
AS one of the objects of the Divi- !
sion of Forestry in cooperating with
the individual planter is to secure the
general introduction of better meth |
DDS, the Division reserves the right To
publish and distribute the plan and it's
results for the information of the pub
lic''
The circular contains a form of |
ACO4AlCAAS WHICH MUST De sighed Dy I
the applicant for assistance IN 1oresl- |
ing land under the provision of the |
offer and says that applications for aid !
will be considered in the order in
which they are received, but prece-
dence may be given to those likely to !
furnish the most useful examples. Ap- |
plications for the assistance offered |
in the circular must be made in writ /
ing to the Superintendent of Forestry !
postofice box $751; Honolulu.
SEEDS FOR SALE.
In this same connection, superfn-
tendent Ralph 5. Hosmer.- Superintend- !
ent of Forestry, has issued the follow !
ing list Of forest and ornamental tree |
seeds for sale at the government nurs- |
cry, the first division comprising seeds |
collected in the neighborhood of Ho-
noiulu:
FOREST TREES