THE FOREST SCHOOL AT EBERSWALDE, 243 
are bordered with neatly trimmed spruce hedges, between which 
are dry gravel walks. In these beds are arranged the different 
species of the smaller genera of forest trees and shrubs, and also 
the majority of the conifers, the lower lying portion of the garden 
not being suitable for the healthy growth of the latter. Each bed 
contains one or two complete genera, which are planted sufficiently 
wide apart to allow their natural habit to be seen, the larger species 
occupying the centre, and the smaller the margins of the beds. 
The surface between the plants is kept neatly raked or planted 
with annuals or herbaceous plants. The names are painted in 
legible black letters on white porcelain tablets, which are affixed 
to stout wooden pegs. To the right and left of this central portion 
the ground is laid out in grass, and is of rather a peaty nature, the 
central portion being sandy. The left-hand portion is intersected 
with gravel walks, between which the larger deciduous genera 
have been planted, while a number of the specimens of the spruce 
family are also planted here. The right-hand side is not yet laid 
out, except the portion occupied by the collection of willows at the 
lower side, and a few beds of herbaceous plants. Altogether this 
garden has been laid out in a highly pleasing manner, and contains 
a very complete collection of plants, and thoroughly well accom- 
plishes the purpose for which it was intended. The plants 
throughout are very healthy, and appear likely to produce good 
specimens in time, although they have not as yet had time to reach 
a great size. 
On the high ground above the town is the Meteorological Station, 
which stands in a thick part of the Scots fir forest. It is one of 
thirteen stations distributed over Prussia, and which are placed in 
either spruce, pine, or beech forests. The Eberswalde station 
stands about 140 feet above sea-level, and on a dry sandy soil, and 
consists of two sets of instruments, one in the forest, and the other 
set about 100 yards from the margin of the forest, on an open, 
freely exposed piece of ground, the two sets being about 300 yards 
distant from each other. They are both enclosed by strong wooden 
fences, and contain complete sets of instruments for observations 
on the temperature of the air, moisture, rainfall, evaporation, 
temperature of the soil at six different depths, direction and 
strength of the wind, amount of shade and sunshine, etc., both in 
and outside the forest, and other special meteorological events. 
The observations are under the direction of the professor of 
physics, and are published at regular periods. In the forest station 
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