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IV. Composition of the Soils of Wooded Area 



The upper soils of Sugi, Akamatsu and Kunugi woods of the Forest 

 Experiment Station, from whence fallen leaves for our study were collected, 

 as well as the soil of nurseries of the Station, where seedlings are raised, 

 were fully analysed to serve in making a comparison between the com- 

 position of fully rotten leaves and that of the soils of wooded land as well 

 as that of the soil of the nursery bed. 



Composition of the Soils of Wooded Area and 

 THE Nursery at the Station 



The land features of places where above soils were taken may be 

 given as follow: — 



