The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-06

= sculptures into new indiyidualitv 4
the dynamics of erosion. is never NOR
water and mere rock bur always IN
social stream chattcrinr to the crave
voice Of tho winds 4, Tho fms ~ ,h
cryptomerias. DR. Hofmann shows him
self at every turn a lover of nature: W
feel at every page that he deals witt
his forest as wise surgeon removing
ldisordered tissue and bidding the logga
follow on his steps only to make hi
profit out Of the waste in order that tn,
woods may he at their best.
His studies of the forests of tho Fat
East have not been parochiaI. He ha,
IeXtended his researches upon tho n,oun
tains of Chosen on tho Asiatic main.
land as far as the yalu. In tho off
shore islands he has explored from
Sachalin to southern Formoaa or IN.
essential progress in the variety of thi,
insular sylvia he has presented in
brilliant graphic display tho basic fac.
tor. This Is tho resultant function of
altitude and latitude in the determine
ton of the forest tyne. and within his
island range he has been so fortunate
as to identify the Ave vegetation zones
the tropical the s,Ih.tropicsl the tom
perate, the arctic and tho regions above
the timber line His rranhic nresenta-
ition is most happily accomplishod Nv
two coordinated charts based upon the
reconcile researches NJ Prof. Honda of
Toxic.
Tho for,,or ~, than, chant, ,,-...o,,, ID,
ithe foroe, yoros ,,,,or ,ha ,si.nI -
! In rho eat 90 ,,io.oa sro,, o., 49,. 49,,
tho use az contras,i,e, ,ir,s 4, ,a., 49,,
nossibIo Ia hiring int, s,rn,, roIio, a.,
inclusion u,,bi, tho a,oa - o,,h ,,r
ticuIar zone tho nrcs.pco ~ ono ~, ~.
M tho moro nor,borI, ,,d ,t,a,oforo
colder t,nas 81 tore, ,.o,,o,..,i., A,
eociatod ,,,,h ,bt- 10, ,.,..ta..,t.., l.,
another draUn IN tho ,or,i,,i ,,n,on,
I'm which no has Lc,,,,i,,,ti,. ovhn,i,oJ
the ope-a,ion ~ tho ot,i,rdo f,c,or
whom conditioned b,. ,ccre,ia, - ,a,i
tude Formos, sbous mo ,n,,r to,.o,
zones. at ito coast limo and % Tho oil.
y.,io,, n, eoo r,o,ors 49,, ,.,,,.,,,t.,, L..
tronicsl ia tho cie,,.tio,, ~, - noo 49,.
siih-tronical 70 Tho clo,,ti,,, 90 . -on
motors tenncr,,o aud IL, Io,,to., -,
tain peals ARC canned vi,I arc,i, -
tation. Tho area NJ tronir,I ,o,,o,,,ia,
extends north from rorn,os, 10 ~
Riukiu Islands in tbcir .,,,,bo,r r,cr,-
bers and reaches tho leycI of tho 40,
and passes from tho scberati, DIAGRAM,
at about latitude os y Tho s,,b.,ron.
icaI which extends in Fornosa ,o tL,
altitude of . ooo notors co,.ors mo
upper mountains of tho southern Rru.
kin and is tho ouly TYNE found in m,
northern islands Of ma, IittIc elevated
group In southern Kyushu 1t attains
tho elevation Of I 500 meters. descending
'northerly to 1.5OO meters; in Shil,oku
II hegns AZ the batter figure and de-
seconds to 900 meters At the north: in
Hondo il enters at 1000 meters and
passes out of the diagram al sea lcvoi
AT latitude IS ~. or a little above Toxic
The temperate zone forests arc found
in q narrow belt next tho Formossn
SUBMITS. escape record in the lower
Riuku, appear on tho upper stones If
the mountains of Kyushu and Shikol<,l
and southern Hondo. and from latitude
3S in central Hondo to latitude 81 IN
central Hokkaido dominate the land
scape at sea level. Arctic vegetation
appears Al the crest of Formosa. at
much lower heights in Shikoku and
Hondo, and in northern Hokkaido and
Sachalin is tho characteristic forcsta-
ton of tho lower lands The timber
line IS found On few peaks of Hondo
which tower naked above the woods. il 7
Is found conspicuously in northern !
iol<kaido. the kuriles and Sachalin. |
The two charts exhibit at a clanc, tin |
range and the position of tho several /,
varieties Of plant life to bo met with IN |
he island empire.
How Far arc the forests If tar,n ,
asset bow far ar. thc,. an !
rspiration 10 ART ufop If tho I,t,er ~
INV conspirious measure how far doo,
mis- art sense reach down tn su,stcr
he lot of the people i'm their n...p
Dr. Hoffman, argues hv ircidop, md
10y sympathy. better than svlInriu,n ~
matters ~ sentiment. ", may cttr two
Incidents. widely sundor,d in tho MARIA.
i've vet wholly sclf-cnrrohor,,ive and
cumulative in force. In tho marks and
n the forest preserves Of tho most
cultured societies NJ F,uropo tho eyn is
net ny imperative siEns. keep m tho
;rass" dogs not allowed" do not
pluck or annoy the flowers" our So
ieties require such orders. always with !,
he penalty az tho law. implicit or OK.
illicit. Occidental culture when It goes
% the woods would do world =;
amage II IT were MOI FIR the reitoraiI0n
I the SfCHp rcrbofCH. Japan enjoys
Is parks ana It's forests with never
word OF warning; 10 the Japanese It is