CONTENTS 



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Introduction i 



I. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. AGRICULTURAL 

 INDUSTRIES. 



1. Japanese Agriculture in General 3 



Possession and Taxation, 5. Area and Division of Cultivated 

 Lands, 18. Climate and Soil, 12. E (Torts of the Government 

 to elevate Agriculture, 18. The Kaitakushi, or Colonial Office, 

 18. Fertilization and Preparation of the Soil, 23. Terrace 

 Culture, 23. Planting in Rows, 23. 



2. Food Plants 37 



{a) Grain, Stalk-plants or Cereals, Japanese Koku-motsu, 37. {b) 

 Pulse, or Leguminous Plants, 55. {c) Starch-producing Bulbs, 

 63. {d) Vegetables and Condiments, 69. {e) Fruits, Berries, 

 and Nuts, 82. {J) Articles of Food and Luxury as Chemical 

 Products of the Raw Materials mentioned under 2 {a)-{e), 94. 

 Supplementary — {a) Chemical Composition of Sake, Mirin, 

 and Shochu, according to Analyses by Atkinson, 102. {b) Sta- 

 tistical Information in regard to these AlcohoHc Drinks, 103. 



3. Plants of Commerce no 



{a) Non- Alcoholic Stimulants : Tea and Tobacco, no. {b) Drugs, 

 134. {c) Oil Plants and their Products, 150. (^j Textile Plants, 

 165. {e) Dye Plants and Tannic Acids, and their Application, 

 173- 



4. Cattle- Raising and Silk-Growing 183 



(The Breeding and Importance of the Yama Mayu, or Oak-spinner 

 — Antheria (Bombyx) Yama-Mai Guer. Menev. in Japan, 205. 



5. Forestry ... 211 



Relation of Japanese Forests (Hayashi) to Cultivation in general 

 and to Waste Land, 211. Distinction between Cultivated and 

 Natural or Mountain Forests, 213. Character, Extent and 

 Value of Both, 214. Influence upon Climate, 222. 



6. The Nature and Use of the more Important Forest Trees 



and other useful Japanese Woods 224 



Fam. Gramineae, Group Bambusaceas, 227. Palmese, 231. Coniferae, 

 231. Salicine^, 239. Betulaceas, 239. Juglandaceas, 239. 

 Corylaceae, 240. Cupuliferae, 240. Moreae, 242. Ulmaceae, 

 242. Buxaceae, 244. Lauraceae, 244 Scrophularineas, 245. 

 Bignoniaceas, 246. Oleaceae, 246. Styracace^, 246. Eben- 



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