FORESTRY IN FORMOSA 



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A TYPE OF ONE OF THE MANY CAMPHOR MANUFACTURING 

 KILNS WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE FORESTS OF FORMOSA. 



tree in the island and is wonderfully 

 large, sometimes attaining a diameter of 

 even 20 feet or more, and producing the 

 finest timber material. " Taiwan-Sugi" 

 ( Taiwania cryptomerioides} not only 

 peculiar in botanical interest as an en- 

 demic genus, displays a fine feature of 

 the forest. Here also those rare trees 

 such as Ketereelia Daridiaaa, Cnaaiai/- 

 hamia Koaishii, and Pseitdo-tsn</a 

 Japonica are found. 



The grass land of the summits com- 

 mences at about 12,000 feet and as is 

 usually the case plays no important part 

 in forestry. 



Now to sum up the different kinds of 

 commercial trees, they are : 



Conifers Ghamaecyparis (2 kinds). 



abundant; Taiwania cryptomerioides 

 (endemic), fairly abundant; Tsnya for- 

 mosana, fairly abundant; Podocarpns 

 (several kinds), fairly abundant; Libo- 

 ccdnis inacrolepis, fairly abundant ; 

 Plans (several kinds), abundant. 



Evergreen broad-leaved tree Cain- 

 f>Jior tree, abundant; Machilns (several 

 kinds), abundant; On<'i'c:<s (several 

 kinds), abundant; Pasaaic. abundant; 

 .linns, abundant; Acacia (2 kinds), 

 abundant ; Nephelium, abundant. 



I'esidc these, there may be included 

 Ketereelia L unniiit/liainia, ami many 

 kinds of hard woods. 



Tlie bamboo is an important item in 

 the island as it is used for building ma- 

 terial, fence, wall frames, carrying 



