I 14 FORESTRY OF JAPAN. 



State forests, a tract of land amounting to about 14.6 c/w was 

 purchased at Meguro in the suburb of Tokyo with a view to 

 enlarge the scale on which the aforesaid institution was 

 managed and there was established experimental nursery 

 beds and experimental forests in order to make investigations 

 concerning indispensable matters in regard to the management 

 of State forests together with the various important questions 

 concerning forestry. 



In reference to the present condition of the above- 

 mentioned Forest Experiment Station, it may be summarized 

 thus: Of about 14.60 cho, already mentioned, as the area of 

 the institution, 5.70 cho is covered by a model garden for 

 trees of native species, in which over 300 species of native- 

 forest trees are sown, 1.16 cho is occupied by a model garden 

 for foreign forest trees in which over 90 varieties of foreign 

 trees are sown, 3.89 cho are utilized by the experimental 

 nursery beds for the various experiments concerning seedlings, 

 over 7.20 cho is allotted to a experimental forest and the 

 remaining part is made use of for the erection of a laboratory, 

 an office, specimen rooms, official residence for the officials and 

 the gardeners, and roads. There are exhibited more than 

 7,000 tree species both foreign and domestic in the specimen 

 room. Matters relating to experiments may be stated as 

 follows : - 



A. Matters requiring special scientific investigation or 

 arches. 



B. Matters concerning the forestry of various provinces. 



C. Investigations of the matters to be subjected to ex- 

 periment by the various Major Forest Offices, the investigation 



