Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-11-13

side of the islands. or In districts
where the reserve projects perma-
nently running streams or springs,
The forest cover should be kept In.
tact, in order that the forest as
whole, including both the trees of the
lnain stand and the shrubs and small.
CT plants of the underground may ex.
urcise to the full their function of re.
| tarding the run-off and thus helping
| to maintain a moderately even flow In
! the streams. For this reason re.
ported adversely, last July. on a prop.
osition to lumber the forest on the
government land Of Piihonua, Hawaii,
\ in the Hilo Forest Reserve, on the
ground that the opening up of the for.
! st on that land would be detrimental
| to the favorable conditions existing
| on the drainage basin of one of the
nost valuable streams In the Terri.
tory-the Wailuku River.
The Commercial Forest.
On the leeward side of the islands,
| however, and In districts where be.
cause of topography and other factors
there IL no permanently running wat.
pr, "a quite different condition obtains.
Here the commercial value of the for.
est takes first place in an estimate
| Of It's worth. Especially III this true
| VI Hawaii and particularly of the KO.
ina District. although 1t also holds
good OF sections OF Kau and Puma. II
~ hardly necessary to remark that In
the utilization of the forests In these
districts the work ought to be done
| oil nd A tha Ex..ti
In localities where II Is Obyious that
The land can be used to better adj
vantage for other purposes than grow.
ling trees. the indication is for meth.
eds of conservative numbering where.
by the mature trees of merchantable
value now on the land may be re.
moved In such Il way that the forest
will be left In good producing condi.
zion, which will in time permit the
harvesting of other crops. Forum,
ately for che Territory the owners OF
the large private estates are alive to
the importance Of handling their for.
est properties In accordance with the
methods of practical forestry. so that
there Is every reason TO expect that
the major part of the numbering done
|
carefully planned manner This be.
ing the case the advent Of this new
industry Is to be welcomed as de
velopment of much importance to the
Territory.
Tree Planting on Waste Lands.
Outside Of the work in connection
with forest reserves the energies of
the Division of Forestry during the
past year have been mainly directed
% toward cooperative assistance to
individuals and corporations desiring
to plant trees and CD to the intro
duction of exotic trees and shrubs of
value to the Territory. Under its of.
Ter OF assistance TO private owners the
Division of Forestry stands ready at
all times to prepare planting plans for
persons desiring to establish groves
Or plantations of forest trees, or who
wish to do other forest work This
matter should be of peculiar interest
to the members of this Association
TOR there Is hardly IA sugar plantation
On the islands but that has some
Greas of waste land that might well
he devoted to the growing of trees.
With the increasing scarcity of fuel
that Is being felt In many districts
and with the steady rise In price ol
the lumber needed for various uses on
the plantation. II needs no argument
to SHOW the advantage Of local sup
IF the demand.
A number of the sugar plantations
on each of the Islands. have undertake
en- and are carrying on tree planting
work, but there are many areas ol
waste lana that still await to be made
productive. The offer of the Division
of Forestry to assist In this work Is q
standing one: the members of the
staff are ready at all times to under
take the work.
Plant Introduction.
In the Introduction of exotic plants
the past year mas seen marked prog
Tess. Through the exchange of Ha
waiian grown seed Of native and In
troduced plants, seed of many yahl
able trees new to the islands has
been received. This seed Is being
started at the Government Nursery
In due course the trees resulting will
be planted out in suitable situations
where they can be carefully watched
those that arc tOund TO be of value
will eventually be propagated anG
, generally distributed. The results OF
this work can but he of value to tho
Territory.
Another item Of considerable in
terest In this connection Ii the inau
: guration of systematic experiments
with temperate zone trees-piges
spruces and iirs-on the higher slopes
" Mauna Kea and Haleakala. This
work is done with the cooperation o
the Federal Forest Service. from
whose appropriation for this fsca
: year an allotment of two thousanC