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Abies firma. Ascending to an altitude of 1500 m., we see that 
the prevailing Conifer in this region is Picea Veiichii with a 
small amount of Chamcecyparis, Tsuga and Picea hondoensis. 
In the Kamiide district of the same part, the predominating 
tree is Picea hondoensis with the addition of some Tsuga and 
Abies umbellata. Going over to the due west side, Picea 
Veiichii begins to increase, occupying 50 % of the whole, leaving 
00 % to Tsuga, and 20% to Picea hondoensis. Coming up to 
Part IV., wc see here the famous forest of Aogigahara, — a 
grand growth stretching over the large area of 14 km. from 
Fig. -tt. Mt. Fuji from lake Skoji, the Aogigahara forest is seen at the hase of the moun- 
tain, and on the left the promontory of the tertiary formation is covered with 
thin clumps of IHnus dnisifloia. The pine on (he left in the foreground is 
densifiora. (Photographed by the author.) 
