64 JOURNAL OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM [vol. ii 



inUTcsting record of Korean trees famous for their si/e, age or liistorioal 

 associations, published by the Government General of Chosen. The work 

 is in Jai)anese and its vahie in the Arboretum li])rary is increased by the 

 following description which the Bishop has appended to the volume. 



** This book was published by the Government General of Chosen in April 

 1919, and consists of 197 i)ages, of which 181 are occupied with particulars 

 of the famous trees, followed by an api)endix of miscellaneous notes occu])y- 

 ing 16 pages. The whole is preceded by twelve i)ages of illustrations, a page 

 of introduction and four pages of Index or ' Contents.' The trees depicted 

 in the twelve illustrations are — 



1. Keyaki {Zelkowa). 



2, 3. Icho (Gingko). 



4, 5. Akamatsu {Red Pine), 



6, EnjQ {Sophora ja pan lea). 



7, llaru nire (Elm). 



8, 9, 10. Byakushin {Chinese Juniper). 

 11. Shiromatsu {White Pine). 



14. Kava {Yew), 



n 



It is difRcult to see in some of the above cases wliy they should have 



been specially s<4ected for illustration in preference to otlier and finer spcci- 



mens. 



The information throughout is given in Japanese exclusively, except that 

 (a not always happy) attempt is made in most cases to supply the Korean 

 vernacular name of the tree In question in Korean script. The height 

 measurements purport to be given in ken, a Japanese measure amounting 

 to about G feet. But in some cases it is plain that the number of feet has 

 been given instead of the number of ken. For exami)le a Chinese Juniper 

 (No. 14 in § 18) on p. loo is given as being 25 ken (about loO feet) tall, 

 whereas it certainly does not exceed 25 or 30 feet. 



''The trees, of which particulars are given in the main part of the book 

 (p]). 1-181) are 3188 in number, arranged according to si)ecies in 64 sections. 



"The infornuition with regard to each tree is given in nine columns, of 

 which the first (at to]) of page) gives the number of the tree or the list, the 

 second and thifd give the precise locality, the fourth gives the ownershii), 

 the fifth give's the girtli of the trunk (in feet) at 5 feet from the ground, the 

 sixth gives the height of llie tree, the seventh gives its age, the eighth gives 

 the tree's character or title to si)ecial care or notice, the ninth adds notes 

 as to the historical associations of the tree or its connection with local su})cr- 



stitions, traditions or religious observances." 



This volume makes an important supplement to the volume jiublished in 

 1913 on the Old and Famous Trees in Japan by Suroku Honda, the distin- 

 guished and best known Japanese laudscai)e gardener, professor in the 

 Imperial University of Tokyo, 



