FOREST AND ORNAMENTAL TREE SEED AND SEEDLINGS FOR

SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT NURSERY.

The Division of Forestry keeps constantly on hand at the Govern-

ment Nursery, seed and seedlings of the important native and introduced

trees. These are sold at prices just covering the cost of collection or

growing.

The list includes both forest and ornamental trees, such as Silk Oak,

Koa, various species of Eucalyptus, Golden and Pink Showers, Pride of
India, Poinciana, Albizzia, etc. The price of the seed varies from 10
to 50 cents per ounce. The seedlings may be had for 22 cents each,
except a few kinds which are 5 cents. Seed of the various palms is also
for sale; the price per 100 varying from $1.00 to $2.50. All seed is tested
before being sent out, which insures its being good.

All communications in regard to seed or trees should be addressed to
David Haughs, Forest Nurseryman, Box 207, Honolulu, Hawaii.

RALPH S. HOSMER,
Superintendent of Forestry.

DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY.

To give information about insects free of charge is one of the duties
of this Division, and Hawaiian readers are hereby invited to make in-
quiry in person and by mail. In order to be able to advise intelligently
or send the right kind of useful insects for relief, we like and sometimes
it is indispensable for us to see the insects suspected or caught in the act,
also specimens of the injury. In a tin with a hole or two, or a wooden
box specimens may be mailed by parcels post. When specimens are
not accompanied by letter always write your name and address in the
upper left-hand corner of the package. Address all communications
SUPERINTENDENT DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY, P. O. BOX 20?,
'IONOLULU, HAWAII.

EDW. M. EHRHORN,
Superintendent.

That the V-shaped timber flume is a more efficient type than the box or square-sided form is one of the conclusions reached by the department of agriculture in a bulletin just issued on flumes and fluming. The V-shaped wooden flume requires less water and, on the average, less repairs than the other type, is better adapted to act as a slide on steep grades, and offers fewer chances for jams. Concerning a third type, the "sectional” metal flume, semicircular in form, the prediction is made that it will come into wide use. Such a flume is strong and light, and can be quickly taken apart and transported from one place to another to be set up again.

When building flumes a good plan, says the department, is to erect a small sawmill at or near the upper end of the flume location to saw out the lumber needed for construction. Such material can be floated down the flume as fast as the latter is built and used for further extension.

For handling railroad cross-ties, cants, poles, cordwood, and the like, a flume with the sides of the V 30 inches in height is large enough. For handling logs, piling, long timber, or brailed sawed lumber, a height of from 40 to 60 inches is recommended. The best angle for the V is put at 90 degrees.

Proposed flume lines ought to be surveyed as carefully as a line for a logging railroad, to ensure evenness of grade. Grades should be kept below 15 per cent wherever possible, and the best results are obtained with grades between 2 and 10 per cent.

Abrupt curvatures in a flume should be avoided, for they are likely to cause jams. Curves should rarely be permitted to exceed 20 degrees. It may be necessary to blast out rocks and boulders, or projecting points of bluffs, or to trestle, or even tunnel, to eliminate abrupt curves or maintain an even grade.

Telephones are recommended as adjuncts to the operation of a flume. By their use a serious break or jam can be reported immediately to the head of the flume to prevent further shipment of material. A telephone also makes it possible to notify the men at the upper end of the flume just what material to ship and when to ship it.

A flume recently built on Rochat Creek, near St. Joe, Idaho, is cited as a good example of modern V-shaped flume construction. This flume, which is unusually large and built to handle heavy logs and long timbers, is said to have cost approximately $8000 per mile for the five miles of its length, including the cost of constructing a wagon road and telephone equipment. Other flumes are cited costing from $2000 to $7500 a mile.

Dr. Norgaard's report for June contains matter that should be worth a great deal of money to intelligent hog raisers. It is a feature of this number of the Forester which has permanent value.

Accomplishment is of infinitely more value than agitation. What the Territorial veterinarian shows, in his May report de- • layed in publication here until now, regarding the check that has been given to tuberculosis among children in the municipality of Honolulu through the outlawing of diseased milk, forms a telling example of the value of decisive measures in fighting the plagues of humanity.

Dr. Norgaard should have all the backing he requires, from both the authorities and public-spirited citizens, in his campaign against filthy dairies and dirty milk therefrom.

Mr. Hosmer's review of his service in the Division of Forestry, reprinted in this number from a local daily, will interest friends of forestry abroad as well as here.

MR. HOSMER REVIEWS HIS WORK IN HAWAII.

Before leaving Honolulu to take up his new position, that of head of the Forestry School of Cornell University, Mr. Ralph S. Hosmer by request furnished the Honolulu Star-Bulletin with the following review of his work as Superintendent of Forestry of the Territory of Hawaii:

"During the past ten years the division of forestry has stood consistently for two main objects-(1) the protection and proper administration of the native Hawaiian forest on the important watersheds, and (2) the planting of economically valuable trees on non-agricultural and other waste land.

IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS.

"The more important achievements of the division may be summed up as follows:

"The creation of a forest reserve system and the laying of the foundation for a proper administration of the forest reserves.