NOTE ON LARIX LEPTOLEPIS GROWN IN JAPAN, 29 
o'8 Ibs. per square yard. The growth of the seedlings is 
about 4 inches in the first year; but by the end of the second 
year they reach about 1 foot 5 inches in height, and are 
sometimes then planted out into the woods. The first year’s 
seedlings should be kept in moderate shade during summer, 
and in the spring of the second year they should be trans- 
planted. 
The timber is strong and resinous, is somewhat hard, and is 
durable in contact with the soil and moisture. It has a well- 
developed heartwood, is easily worked, and is used chiefly for 
railway sleepers, posts for fences, telegraph poles, shingles for 
roofing, the outer finishing of house-buildings, and earth-works. 
Air-dried, the specific gravity of the wood is o'52, and 
absolutely dry it is 0°47. 
