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pure woods of beech may there be seen in all stages, from the 

 youngest crops with the sheltering parent trees still on the ground 

 to mature woods where fellings to bring about a full production 

 of mast have taken place. The forestry school at Eisenach, with 

 the able Director Dr Stoetzer at its head, is less pretentious than 

 the Eberswalde institution, but is complete in all respects. 



SPRUCE EIGHTY YEAKS OLD, THUEINGIA. 



Professor Schwappach's work led us through the seven Prussian 

 reviers of Thuringia. Throughout these ranges the High Forest 

 system is the rule. Spruce and silver fir, which are indigenous to 

 the district, form much the greater part of the forests, recurring 

 to some extent in mixture together, but chiefly in pure woods. 

 For spruce, on better quality soils, the first thinning takes place 

 at about thirty years ; but where the situation is not so good, it 



