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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Photo by F. F. Moon. 



NURSERY OF CITY FOREST OF VILUNGEN IN BLACK FOREST. TRANSPLANTS GROWING 

 UNDER HIGH SHADE. FIVE-YEAR SPRUCE TRANSPLANTS PRODUCED AT A COST 

 OF $1.38 PER M. 



surrounded by fir and spruce-clad 

 slopes. Indeed it is the dark appear- 

 ance of the fir forests which give the 

 name Schwarzwald to the region. 



As can be imagined the lumber in- 

 dustry is of great importance and like 

 our own Adirondacks it is a moot ques- 

 tion which constitutes the greater re- 

 source, the crop of timber or the an- 

 nual horde of tourists, both native and 

 foreign. Anyone who has ever toured 

 the Black Forest during a rainy season 

 like last August and has seen the scores 

 of buxom German fraus with "ruck- 

 sack'" on back, trudging along through 

 rain and mud, will appreciate the charm 

 this regi(m holds for the native. Fash- 

 ionable watering places can be found 

 like Baden-Baden or Wildbad, but the 

 extreme popularity of the Schwarzwald 

 and its hold on the German of average 

 means is largely due to the efforts of 

 the Schwarzwald Verein. This enthu- 

 siastic and patriotic society has spent 

 much time and money in opening up 

 the Black Forest by cutting paths, erect- 

 ing sign posts, etc., for tlie benefit of 

 the pedestrian. 



The manufacture of clocks, watches 

 and toys is another business of im- 

 portance in this region. 



Traveling north from Switzerland, 

 along the Danube, anything but impos- 

 ing near its source, the first town one 

 finds of interest to the forester is Villin- 

 gen, with its justly famous Stadtwald 

 or City Forest. 



Villingen is one of the oldest and 

 most famous of the walled towns of 

 Germany, dating back to the 9th Cen- 

 tury. At that time it was an important 

 trading post of the Eastern Black For- 

 est region and later became the official 

 residence of the Count of Fiirstenberg, 

 while during the Thirty Years War its 

 walls were often besieged. These bat- 

 tered walls and towers are a great at- 

 traction to the average tourist, but the 

 City Forest is of greater importance to 

 the visiting forester. 



The land now owned and managed 

 as the Communal Forest originally be- 

 longed to the "Mark Forest" and is as 

 old as the city itself. It has been under 

 management since the beginning of the 

 17th Century, and from the standpoint 



