44 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTUR AL SOCIETY. 



5. A Summary Report on the Forests, Forest Trees, 

 and Afforestation in Chosen (Korea). 



l!y Ernest Henry Wilson, M.A., Dendrologist, Arnold Arboretum, 

 Harvard University, U.S.A. 



The forests of Chosen are divisible into three groups, viz., 

 (I.) Forests of Softwood Trees (Conifers); (II.) Forests of 

 Hardwood Trees (Deciduous-leaf Trees); (III.) Mixed Forests 

 of Soft and Hardwood Trees. From the viewpoint of their 

 timber, and in order of merit, the most important component 

 elements of the forests are : — 



I. — Softwood Trees. 



Picea jezoensis . 

 Picea Koyamai . 

 Pinus koraie?isis 

 Larix dahurica, var. 



cipis- Rupprech Hi 

 Abies nephrolepis 

 Taxus cuspidata 

 Pinus densiflora 

 Abies holophylla 

 Juniperus chinensis 



Prin 



Tohi. 



Chosen Hari-momi. 



Chosen-matsu. 



Chosen Kara-matsu. 



Toshirabe. 



Araragi. 



Aka-matsu. 



Chosen-momi. 



Biyakushin. 



II. — Hardwood Trees. 



Zelkova sen'ata . 

 Juglans mandshurica . 

 Betula Schmidtii 

 Quercus mongolica 

 Fraxinus mandshurica 

 Castanea crenata 

 Quercus glaudulifera . 

 Populus Maximowiczii 

 Populus suaveolens 

 Populus t remit la 

 Tilia amure/isis 

 Quercus serrata . 



The useful qualities of the woods of these different trees are 

 well known, nearly all being employed in general construction 

 work in Chosen. A few, however, are especially valuable for 

 certain purposes, as follows :— That of the Chosen Kara-matsu 



Keyaki. 



Manshu-kurumi. 



Onore-kamba or Pak-tal-nam. 



Mongori-nara. 



Manshu-toneriko. 



Kuri. 



Konara. 



Doronoki. 



Chosen-doronoki. 



Chosen Yamanarashi. 



Amuuru-shinanoki. 



Kunugi. 



