This paper describes the drying characteristics of lumber from plantation grown Poplar [Populus×euamericana （Dode） Guineir cv’I-214’] and Chinese Fir （Cunninghamia lanceolata）. Two drying processes were used for this study: a continuous schedule and conventional step drying schedule. The results were analyzed and showed that plantation grown wood from Poplar and （Chinese） Fir were easy to dry. After being dried at 100℃, no internal checks occurred but there was some severe cross deformation in the lumber. The lumber dried by the continuous schedule had （better） drying quality with less drying stress and deformation than that dried by the conventional step schedule, on the whole.