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and other trees artificially planted, and worked intensively by 

 this system. 



The bamboo culture forms a special feature in the forestry 

 of Japan. It is worked only by the selection system. There 

 is almost no place in Japan where lands are not suited to 

 bamboo culture, and consequently the profit is very large but 

 the area of these forests is comparatively smaller than that 

 of other tree species. 



We regret very much that we are unable to give statis- 

 tics and a table of the exact area of the forests classified ac- 

 cording to the system of working, but the State forests in 

 Honshu may be roughly classified as follows : 



System. A S ainst forest 



; area. 



High forest system So% 



Coppice system 



Coppice-with-standard system 

 Barren land 



4% 



, 6% 



10% 



100% 



Total 



From the above table it will be seen that the high forest 

 system occupies the majority of the whole area of the State 

 forests. The principal trees of those forests are equally 

 divided between conifers and broad-leaved trees ; the principal 

 trees of the former kind are Sugi {Cryptomei'ia japonica Don.), 

 Hinoki (Chamaecyparit obtusa S. et Z.), Matsu (Pi mis species), 

 Kara-matsu (Larix leptolepis Gord.), Hiba (Thujopsis dolabrata 

 S. et Z.), Momi (Abies fir ma S. et Z.), Tsuga (Tsnga Sieboldi 

 Carr.), Todo-matsu (Abies Sachcilincnsis Mast.), Tohi [Picea 

 hondoensis Mayr.) and those of the latter are Kashi (Ever-green 

 Qiiercns spcics), Nara {Quereus glandnlifera Bl.), Buna (Fagus 

 sylvatica L. var. Sieboldi Maxim.), Kusu-no-ki (Cinnamomuvi 



