Species 



Japanese Botanical 

 name name 



Hinoki 



Land feature 



Original trees of tested beams 



Locality 



of 



production. 



Tested beams 



Altitude 

 above 



sea level 

 in ft. 



Forest feature 



Geology, soil, etc. 



Time 



of 



felling 



Chamae- Kiso Crown Temperate 

 cyparia \ Forest, ; Zone, 



obtusa. ' Nagano ' 

 I Prefecture. ' 



1 



Yoshino, ! Lower part 



Nara Pre- j of 



fecture. i Temperate 

 Zone. 



Owashi, 1 Sub-tropi- 



Miye Pre- i cal Zone. I 



fecfure. I 



800-830 ! Granite with thin overlying 

 soil ; fronting N. E. with 

 declivity of 15°. 



I 



1,150 Clay-state or lime of Palae- 

 ozoic Formation ; fronting 

 N.W. ; declivity of 3C'^-4G^. 

 Quality, III. 



200 Tertiary Formation with 



[ thick layer of overlying soil ; 



declivity 30-40'='. Quality, III. 



Mixed naturul forests of ■ April, 

 conifers and broad-leaved 1005. 

 trees. Age 170-200 years. 

 Medium closure of crowns. 



Pure artificial forests. Age March, 

 115 years. 1904. 



Mixed forests of Sugi and March, 

 Hinoki. 1904. 



Total 



Akamatsu Pinus Mito, Temperate 



densiflora. Ibaraki Pre- Zone. 

 i I fecture. 



33 Loam or humus soil of old 

 Quarternary Formation ; 

 land level ; porous light soil. 

 I Quality, III. 



Pure artificial forests. Den- Nov., 

 sity 0.6; age 98. ! 1914. 



Sugi 



Cryptc- Yoshino, 

 meria ja- Nara Frc- 

 ponica. fecture. 



Owashi, 

 Miye Pre- 

 fecture. 



Kiyosumi, 

 Chiba Pre- 

 fecture. 



Lower part 

 of Tempe- i 

 rate Zone. 



Sub-tropi- 

 cal Zone. 



1,000 



200 



G60 



Upper part 

 of Tempe- 

 rate Zone. 



1.230 



Palaeozoic Formation, with 

 predominance of lime, fronts 

 to N.E. ; declivity 10-4CO. 

 Quality, III. 



Climate and soil, same as 

 above, slop more slant. Sur- 

 face soil deeper. Quality, I. 



Tertiary with overlying 

 heavy soil ; Slant. Quality, 

 III. 



Soil same as the preceding ; 

 declivity 16-3C°. Quality, I. 



Soil and rock same as the 

 preceding ; declivity 12.° 

 Quality, II. I 



Tertiary Formation ; sandy j 

 tuff with deep layer of soil ; ' 

 declivity 20-3(,°. Quality, I. 



Same as the preceding ; , 

 rocky ; exposed to harsh 

 wind. I 



Artificial forests ; ajje 75. March, 

 1904. 



Pure artificial forests : ape 

 55. 



Mixed forests of Supi and 

 Hinoki ; a^e 60. 



Mixed forests of supi and 

 Hinoki. Apre : Sugi 70, 

 Hinoki 80. 



Mixed forests of Sugi and 

 Hinoki. Arc; SurI CO, 

 Hinoki 80. 



Pure forests : ase CO. 

 Sparse Krowth. 



Do. 



Artificial forests. Ar-c 150. April, 

 Medium closure of the 1904. 

 crowns. 



Pure artificial forests. Arc ,, 



42. Somewhat sparse. 



Patches of SuR-i Rrow in 

 coppice wocd. 



Artificial forests. Age 70; 

 found in mixture with Momi ; 

 naturally generated. 



Total 



No. of I Arc Circ. at i -rr . ^a. 

 trees of the i breast- i "^ £ 



tested I tree I height 



in ft. 



I ft. I ft. 



15 172-217 ! 4.0-6.0 ! 57-81 



14 ; 



Breadth x Thickness 



7"x7" (7"x6''! 7"x5" 7"x4" 

 10 ! 10 10 



116 3.2-3.9 60.5-72.5 



60 3.0-3.5 66-81 



10 



"x2'' 



10 , 10 



10 10 



30 1 31 I 30 j 30 



I I I 



98 3.6-4.6 ' 72- 



75 2.9-3.9 i- 72-100 



10 10 



9 15 



65 3.1-3.9 76-98 3 7 



60 i 3.1-3.8 74-81 



70 2.9-3.7 



CO 3.1-3.4 81 



CO 3.4-3.6 78-84 



60 3.6-3.8 70-75 



160 3.4-3.G 



-80 



42 3.2-3.6 70-73 

 — 3.3 64 



70 3.2 64 



Asunaro | Thujopsis ! Masukawa I Temperate 



dolabrata. State 

 Forest, 

 Aomori 

 Prefecture. 



Zone. 



250 ! Three miles distant from the 

 fhore, fronting S. and S.E. 

 to the sea. Soil formed by 

 the decomposition of Ande- 

 site of Tertiary Formation, 

 rhyolite, tuff and clayslate. 

 Sandy loam. Sloping. 



Quality mcdiu.Ti. 



Natural forests with full 1 Sept. 



closure of crowns. Age 160 : I and 



average height 60 ft. : | Dec., 



circumference at breast- i 1902. 

 height 3.8 ft. 



21 33 , 43 



10 



10 



30 



Grand total. 



6 , 7 



Total 



90 I 85 i 84 



23 



35 I 35 34 I 204 



17 I 10 I 12 ! 15 10 10 74 



499 



