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Saps and Exudations, 



Transplanting.— Next spring after a year the plants should be removed. 

 Prepare the plantation in the same manner as the seed-bed, but the stems should 

 be cut off at one or two inches from the base and also the ends of the roots. About 

 20 plants are to be planted on one square yard for another year's culture. Manure 

 in spring, summer and autumn as in the first season, tilling the ground and weeding 

 occasionally. 



SECOND Transplanting.— In spring of the third year the plants are ready 

 to be removed to permanent quarters. Treat the plant in the same way as in the 

 first transplanting by cutting off the top and roots. If they are to be planted on 

 hills or moorlands provide a space of four square yards for a tree, otherwise 7 or 8 

 feet apart from each other. 



The second transplanting may sound useless waste, but it is a method 

 widely practised in a certain province. This may not be absolutely necessary to 

 follow, and the plants can be left two or three years before being removed to tha 

 permanent quarters, but its nature is that it does not easily get acclimatized, so 

 the double precaution may save much in the end. Camphor can be extracted from 

 the stems as well as the leaves. 



The wood of the camphor-tree is much employed in Japan for the manu- 

 facture of cabinets, chests of drawers, wardrobes, boxes, etc. Old ones have a fine 

 close ring grain, a cleaf yellow-brown, silky sheen, and a beautiful appearance, 

 so that it is well adapted for veneering. Not being subject to the attacks of insects, 

 it is very useful for such works, besides the odour of the wood imparts a delightful 

 fresh scent to the articles stowed in the receptacles. 



Apart from its economic value the plant has an occult hygienic property. 

 Giant camphor-trees of several centuries old are invariably to be met with in the 

 precincts of temple and shrines of the southern section of Japan, and the people 

 feel from traditional instinct a sacred sentiment towards the tree, but science has 

 revealed the truth that it serves as a natural purifying agency against any 

 pestilential atmosphere. Its evergreen nature, lustrous dense foliage, mighty form, 

 extraordinary longivity and aromatic property are the features highly recomm end- 

 able wherever climatic and topographical conditions agreeable as a garden plant, 

 especially on large estates. 



