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tion. As soon as a group of young trees begins to suffer from 

 shade, the older crop which immediately surrounds it is cut into 

 towards the south and west. This allows of an extension of the 

 young growth, and light is admitted to the existing plants. 

 Professor Schwappach finds, in his experience of this system, 

 that it is not advisable to make more than the one addition to 

 the original size of the patch. One finds, therefore, scattered 

 throughout the forest, many small plantations, and these are of 

 varying ages and species. For the better regulation of the work, 

 the area is divided into fifteen compartments, three of which are 



SCOTS PINE REGENERATED IN STRIPS, SHOWING THE STANDARDS, EBEKSWALDE. 



treated each year ; thus it follows that there are operations in 

 every compartment once in five years. Careful investigation is 

 at present being made throughout Prussia into the qualities as 

 forest trees of many exotic species, and the group system affords 

 excellent opportunities for a comparative study of them. The 

 beauty of the Eberswalde woods is a quality not to be over- 

 looked. To have regard to aesthetic effect is part of the scheme 

 of management, as during summer thousands of visitors are there- 

 by attracted from Berlin. 



