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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



European Larch and Japanese Larch. 



( WiiJi Plate.) 



The accompanying photographs are intended to show the 

 difference in rate of growth between Japanese and European 

 larch. Nine years ago a small area of about two acres was 

 fenced and planted up experimentally with these two specie^ — 

 commencing with two rows of Japanese and one of European, 

 gradually shading off to row and row, and ending with single 

 rows of Japanese to two of European. The plants were grown 

 from seed sown at Gairloch, and were of the same size and age 

 when planted out. The seed was obtained from Japan and 

 the Tyrol. So far there is no question as to rate of growth, 

 and if it continues the Japanese larch will soon suppress the 

 other. The photos had to be taken looking down hill at a 

 point where the rows alternate, and so they do not show the 

 difference very well ; but No. i shows nothing but Japanese — the 

 ordinary larch between them being invisible — while No. 2 shows 

 the Japanese with the light on them, the rows standing clearly 

 above the others, which make no show at all. The small 

 patch in the right hand far off corner of this photograph is pure 

 European larch, and shows how much less they have grown 

 than the Japanese. Kenneth Mackenzie. 



Forest Terminology. 



With reference to the note on this subject on p. 97, it is 

 intimated that a new edition of Professor Gerschel's book, 

 prepared by the late Mr W. R. Fisher, has recently been 

 published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford. 



