620 forestry Quarterly 



Dr. Wimmer reviews'!^ Dr. Hofmann's 

 Forests recently^ published book on the forests of 



of the Japan, Formosa, Korea, and adjacent parts 



Far East of the Far East. 



Dr. Hofmann was for five and one-half years professor of forestry 

 in the agricultural faculty of the University of Toldo which gave 

 him ample opportimity to become acquainted with the territory 

 described. 



After describing the climatic features of Japan, Hofmann divides 

 Japan into four vegetative zones : — 



1. Tropical zone — type trees: Ficus, Wightiana. 



2. Subtropical zone — type trees: Evergreen hardwoods such as 

 Camphor tree. 



3. Temperate zone — type trees: Fagus japonica, Castanea, 

 Magnolia, Thujopsis. 



4. Cold zone — type trees: Abies veitchii. 



Hofmann emphasizes the desirability of introducing into 

 Europe only such species as have no close kin there, and are not to 

 exigent in their demands on soil, climate and site, e. g., Cryptomeria, 

 Larix leptolepis, Alnus firma, Populus balsamifera, var. suaveolens, 

 Betula Bhojapattra, Albizzia, Sophora, Gleditschia, Cladrastis, 

 Phellodendron amurense, Cercidophyllum japonicum, and Zelkowa 

 keaki. 



The forest area of Japan (including Hokkaido, Sachalin and 

 Formosa) is 74,841,000 acres or 65/^% of the total land area. In 

 Formosa the forested area is 8 1 % of the total land area. According 

 to ownership it divides: — 



State forests 44,460,000 acres. 



Imperial forests 5,434,000 acres. 



Private forests 24,947,000 acres. 



Of the last named 8,398,000 acres are commimally owned, 247,000 

 acres belong to temples and 16,302,000 acres are truly private 

 forests. 



In old Japan (Honshu, Shikoku and K)mshu) the coniferous 

 forests comprise 21%, the hardwoods 25%, mixed forests 45% and 



1 Wilhelm Frick, Vienna, 1913. Price about $3.00. 



