The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-08

I devoted considerable time to con.
ferenees with the Committee on For
| estry and with the Governor in regard
| 10 the proposition to lumber the tract
! of government land in the District of
! Puma, lslahI of Hawaii, situated mauka
| of tie Kaohe homesteadsr above Pahoa.
A report with recommendations on this
matter was submitted to the Board I'M
! der the date of June LIST and acted on
at a meeting of the Board held on
| June %.
From June 1926 I was away from
Honolulu on trip to the Island of
| Maui with the object of inspecting for,
| est lands on Mt. Haleakala and arrans.
ing for tree planting on West Maui
| In company with Mr.. Louis Won Temp
| sky, manager of the Haleakala Ranch,
| / visited and made a thorough exam
| nation of the open grass land above
| the forest on the windward slopes of
| the outside of the crater of Mt. Hale
akala on the privately owned lands of
| Haiku and Kalialinui There is some
question of opening this area as a, pad
| dock of the Haleakala Ranch, for which
purpose it is admirably adapted. But
! owing to the steep slope and the rapid
erosion that would be likely to take place
were the area overstoeked, the question
of holding this section as forest re.
serve to be eventually got under for,
est cover is one that should be seriously
considered Ny object in visiting this
tract at this time was to be familiar
with the facts of the ease should an,
proposal be made looking to the ac-
quirement of the area by the Govern.
ment.
During my stay. on Maui made
careful inspection of the excellent
work in tree planting now being done
by the Waikiki Sugar Company under
the direction of its new manager, Mr.
H. P. PenhalloW. I alse made provis.
ional arrangements with Mr.. Louis
Weinzheimer, the new manager of the
Pioneer plantation in regard to tree
planting about to be undertaken by
that company.
work at the Government Nursery.
Mr.. Haughs reports that during the
past six months, January / to June 80,
1909, trees have been distributed from
the Government Nursery, as follows:
Free Distribution, Forest Trees
Plotted, 2ou0; in transplant boxes,
1860; in seed boxes, 5000. Ornamental
-Potted, $50; total, 1910,
Forest Trees, Sold--potted, 1922; in
transplant boxes, $3.50; in seed boxes,
$4,000. Ornamental-Potted, $50; to-
tai. 49,252; grand total, 56,462.
Arrangements are being actively
made whereby large number of for
est trees will be available for free dis
tribution for Arbor Day planting in
November, 1909, from the Government
| Nursery in Honolulu and especially
from a number of subnurseries and
distributing points that are being es-
tablished in different parts of the Ter
ritory A more definite statement in
regard to this matter will be made
next month but plans are already well
in hand for this work.
During the month labels giving the
botanical and common name and the
original locality have been attached
to all the trees in the Government
Nursery, making the garden of greater
interest to visitors and other persons
desiring to know about the local fora.
Experimental Garden, Makiki and Tan
talus Forest.
During the month satisfactory prog
ress has been made In getting the ex-
perimental garden at Makiki into
shape for planting. Much remains to
be done but several of the plots are
now practically ready for the final
planting.
For one day in each week all the
sion of Forestry have been put to work
beating down and cutting the dead
lantana along the main road and the
trails through the Tantalus forest In
this way the fire danger has been
materially reduced Arrangements are
now in hand for removing the dead
wood from this forest, an operation
which will at once increase its useful
ness and add to it's beauty.
Botanical Collection
During the month of June Mr.. J. F.
Rock, the Botanical assistant of the
division, has been on Hawaii, at Hue
hue. Puuwaawaa and the Parker Ranch,
. collecting specimens of native trees and
shrubs, seeds of indigenous plants and
weeds on the open ranges on the cat
tie ranches. Mr.. Rock has been able
to secure a very considerable number
of specimens so that his trip is decid-
eddy one of accomplishment.
Forest Views for Seattle
As a part of the exhibit of the Di-
vision of Forestry for the Alaska Yu-
kon-Pacifc Exposition at Seattle, Mr..
BONNIE made under my direction eight
Large transparencies, Is by p inches.
of scenes illustrating forest work in
Hawaii, four showing the native forest
in its relation to stream protection. the
other four were views of forest plan
tations. These transparencies properly
labeled were on exhibition for a few
days in the rooms of the Promotion
Committee before being sent to Seattle
with Mr.. BONNIE s other Transparent.
cies. They attracted much favorable
comment as I believe they will at Seat
tie The department is fortunate in
securing the services of man of Mr.
Bonine's ability in getting this exhibit