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transplanted to the forests lands. According to the nature of 

 these trees, some owing to the slow growth may not reach a 

 sufficient size adapted to transplant to forest lands in 

 these three years, and some trees grow up to the proper size 

 within comparatively a shorter period, so that there is more or 

 less variations in the time needed for raising the seedlings in 

 nurseries, but in most cases, these plants are transferred to the 



t land in three years 1 growth. Seedlings of Sugi {Crypt o- 

 mcri'i japonica Don.) may be transplanted after two years' 

 growth, but such seedlings as Hiba ( Thujopsis dolabrata S. et 

 Z.) and Koya-maki {Sciadopytis verticillata S. rt Z.) require at 

 least 5 or 7 years' growth. In the northern districts of Honshu 

 where the snow fall is plentiful, in order to avoid the damages 

 caused by the rodent family such as rabaits and rats, seedlings 

 of a larger size are planted. In these cases, it takes at least 4 

 or 5 years even in raising such trees as Sugi {Cryptomeria 

 japonica Don.) and Hinoki {Cliamaccyparis obtnsx S. et Z.). 



The following table gives the amount of seed sown in the 

 nursery beds, and the seedlings raised and transplanted in the 



State forests in Honshu between 1895 and 1907 : 



Seedlings 

 Years. Seeds sown. Transplanted. 



Kaku, 



1S98 



1899 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



Total 



