The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-07
CHIEF FORESTER
REPORTS ADVANCE
SPLENDID RESULTS FROM PLANT.
ING, SAYS HosMER-PUTs
TERRITORY IN LEAD.
tFrom sunday 8 Advertiser.l

(From Sundays Advertiser.)
Splendid work in tree planting
throughout the Territory was reported
by Chief Forester and Fire Warden Hos
mer, yesterday, to the board of agri.
culture and the work performed as
noted by him, win place Hawaii away
in advance in matters of progressive
forestry.
Mr.. Hosmer said in part:
SAT WailulSu l arranged with H. b.
Penhallow, manager of the Waikiki
Sugar Company, details in regard to
the planting of portion of the gov
eminent land of Polipoli, set apart last
year as a part of the West Maui for
est reserve. 1 also had general look
at the planting which the Waikiki Su
gar Company has been carrying on on
its private lands on the lower slopes
Of the hills above its cane fields, back
of Wailuku. The notable thing here is
the excellent start which both iron
wood and eucalyptus seedlings, planted
out over year ago, are making on the
bare, eroding slopes, especially on the
south side of lao Valley. Not only are
the little trees doing well but small
as they are, leaves and forest litter are
already beginning to collct under them
helping to hold the soil in the little
gullies and check the damage from
wash. This is work of high value
which cannot but repay the plantation
company in years to come.
GIN addition to the strictly protec-
tive belts, Mr.. Penhallow is also doing
considerable planting of algaroba and
eucalyptus with the object of securing
a fuel wood supply for the plantation.
In all IL 400 trees were planted at Wal
luku in 1911.
In Koolau District.
"Next / spent several days in the
Koolau district carefully going over the
forest planting work now in progress
along the ditch systems controlled by
the Alexander & Baldwin interests.
This planting, for the most part on gov
eminent land, is being done jointly by
the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Com
pany and the Maui Agricultural Com
pany, under a plan drawn up by me
last autumn. The general purpose of
the planting is to establish shelter
belts to assist in the return of the ma
tive forest on areas where large num-
DtIS VI UIGtS ulCu d lew years
and to start stands of thrifty trees in
places now without useful vegetation.
cit is encouraging to note that the
native Hawaiian forest shows indica-
ton of recovery. There has apparently
been no setback since the trees started
to grow again and undegrowth of GER
tain kinds is considerably more in evil
dence now than it was year ago when
visited Koolau.
Planting at Kailiili.
''On my return from Kailua 1 stop
ped for a day with Waldemar Han
nestad at Kailiili, particularly to ar
range with him about the planting of
portion of the Makawao forest reserve,
a government land. This work is being
done under an agreement made some
two years ago with the Maui Agricul-
tural Company whereby trees are
being planted in return for the right
to remove dead wood. On the fee
simple lands belonging to the Mani
Agricultural Company at Kailiili, Mr..
Hanuestad has this winter planted out
about 100000 Seeding trees. Unusual
ly cold weather has retarded the growth
of trees all over Maui, but with the
coming warm months the trees set out
will grow rapidly. For several years
now the Maui Agricultural Company
has planted about 100 acres of forest
a year at Kailiili principally Eucalp-
tus globuls, and e. robusta and Japa-
nese cedar.
Experimental Work.
Through the courtesy of A. de
Souza Canavarro, consul for Portugal,
the division of forestry received some
time ago cuttings of basket willow.
These were propagated at the expert
mental garden in Makiki valley, and
in April enough shoots were out to
make half dozen good sized baskets
and hampers. This work was done by
Portuguese laborer skilled in bas-
kerry. There are no cuttings ready for
distribution as yet, but next year
considerable number of persons can be
supplied. There seems no good reason
why in time basket making in Hawaii
should not become an industry en-
ploying "A goodly number of persons.
This project is past the experimental
stage. 1t is simply a question of how
fast the parent plants can be made to
reproduce.
"Ohicial notification has just been
received from the federal forest SER
vice, Washington, that for the fiscal
period from July l, 1912, to June 30,
1913, the sum of $500 has been allotted
for continuing experimental tree plant
ing in Hawaii. Allotments from the
forest service have now been received
for several years. At first all the
money was spent in planting temperate
zone conifers ON the higher mountains.
Many of the results here, as was to
be expected, were negative, but ON tho
showing made II. S. Graves, the federal
forester, says in "A letter dated April
Ia, 1912: "The reports show, that care
full and thorough work has been done
and that successful methods of refor.
estation adapted to the various sitos