THE FOREST SCHOOL AT EBERSWALDE. 235 
trees, extending in a westerly direction from the town. On the 
south side the ground rises rapidly to the margin of the forest, 
which extends both right and left for several miles. The ground 
on the left side of an oblong sheet of water, formed by the widening 
of a small stream, and which lies close to the old town, is laid out 
with beds of shrubs; a broad walk planted with trees, running 
through its entire length, being the most frequented promenade in 
the town. In the centre a small cairn of boulders has been erected 
to the memory of those natives of the town who fell in the wars of 
1864-66 and 1870-71. A continuation of this promenade leads to 
the forest garden of the academy, which is open to the public. 
Numerous restaurants and hotels are erected along the road leading 
to the garden, the special facilities for enjoyable walks and drives 
which the district provides causing a great number of families in 
Berlin, etc., to make it a summer resort. The town also possesses 
several thousand acres of forest land, part of which is laid out with 
walks, and provided with seats, etc., and contains several small 
sheets of water in which aquatic plants, etc., have been placed, 
while a shooting range and gymnasium provide recreation for the 
male sex. This town forest is managed very much in the same 
way as the surrounding State forests, except that clear fellings are 
not performed in the part devoted to the public, and no removal of - 
trees allowed that would interfere with the amenity of the forest ; 
and, at the same time, no extravagant “landscape” improvements 
have interfered with its natural aspect. A few acres near the rail- 
way station, which command an extensive view of the surrounding 
country, are being laid out as a public garden, with beds and 
miniature lakes. 
The original commencement of forestal instruction at Eberswalde 
was in 1830, the school itself having been in existence at Berlin for 
the previous ten years, being connected there with the university. 
The cause of its removal from that city was solely on account of 
there being no available forests for practical demonstrations, it 
being found that the references to forestry work and administration 
were in many cases imperfectly understood by the students, while 
the instruction given was of too theoretical a nature. This led to a 
large private residence being purchased in Eberswalde, and converted 
into a school in 1830, the number of students transferred to it from 
Berlin being twenty-five, while the teaching staff consisted of three 
professors only—one for natural history, mathematics, and forest 
science respectively. The following outline of the ultimate develop- 
