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a large size everywhere in Shikoku, Kyushu, and Honshu 

 mixed with other shade bearing species of broad-leaved trees 

 but very few form forests by itself. It makes a perfect 

 growth in the congenial soil in the south-eastern slope of 

 mountain. It makes a spontaneous growth at points below 

 1, 600 metres in Shikoku and Kyushu, and 750 metres in the 

 northern part of Honshu. The wood of large dimensions is 

 produced from the districts of Kiso, Izu, Totomi, Hyuga, 

 Yamato, Ise, and Mutsu. In order to obtain the large timber 

 of this species, it requires a long rotation so that the undertaking 

 is not adapted to men of small capital. In the State forests, 

 efforts are being made to regenerate the forests of this species 

 both naturally and artificially whenever the land is adapted to 

 afforestation so that the districts of this species are constantly 

 extending. The wood being hard and lustrous, it is highly 

 valued as the material for buildings, decorations, and ship- 

 buildings. The wood bearing such beautiful grains as "Jorin- 

 moku," " Tama-moku," and " Botan-moku " is best adapted to 

 the manufacture of household furnitures and implements. This 

 wood with all its hardness is very easy to work up, and there- 

 fore valued for articles of fine arts and carving. 



Buna [Fagus sylvatica L, var. Sieboldi Maxim). Next to 

 Aka-matsu (Finn? desi flora S. ct Z.), this is a variety of trees 

 which covers the widest extent of the area and is found 

 everywhere in mountainous districts of the north and the 

 south of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu and is distributed 

 in the southern part of Hokkaido. It grows together with 

 Ona reus crispula B/.), Katsura {Ccrcidipkyllum japon- 



icum S. tt Z,)i Shioji (Fraxinus Shboldiana />'/.), Kaede ( 



