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part lying to the north of the line covers 37 acres. Over 61 

 acres are fenced against deer. 



The aim of the Experimental Garden is to study the botanical 

 and silvicultural characteristics of the indigenous trees, and the 

 cultivation of exotics among indigenous species. With this object 

 in view the whole garden is traversed by a network of footpatlis, 

 along which all species from other parts of the world, capable 

 of growing in this climate, have been planted. Further back 

 from the walks occur the silvicultural experiments, arranged in 

 such a way that small plots of some exotic species are grown pure. 

 The more tender ones have to be grown under the shelter of 

 indigenous species. The garden was laid out in 1884, and the 

 oldest specimen in it is now twenty-five to thirty years of age. 

 Many of the experiments are entering the stage from which 

 definite conclusions can be drawn. Many are still too recent 

 to yield any definite conclusions. The greatest dangers are 

 early and late frosts and also winter frost, root canker caused 

 by Agaricus melleus, Pestalozzia along with frost, and mouse 

 epidemics. The various experimental plots had numbers and 

 English descriptions attached. 



Friday, 6th August 1909. 



KELHEIM. (North). 



Excursion to the Neuessinger Forest. 



The party left Kelheim by the Redenburg road which 

 runs through the valley of the Altmuhl River. Shortly after 

 passing the village of Gronsdorf the Compartment Schanze was 

 reached. This occupies rather steep ground rising from the 

 Altmuhl. The soil of this slope consists, like that of all the 

 other valley sides there, of Kelheim chalk. The stand of timber 

 is on an average 96 years old, and consists of Norway spruce, 

 silver fir, Scots pine, larch, and beech in single stem and group 

 mixture. The area is 90 acres. 



The Ziegal-thal opens up to the right of the road, and on 

 entering it one finds on the right the Compartment Kager, 

 which contains 86 acres of spruce wood with silver fir, larch, and 

 Scots pine in single stem and group mixture, and average 96 years. 

 On the left occurs the Compartment Kalkofen. 



The Compartment Kager on the right abuts on the Compart- 

 ment Kuhtranke. It contains in acres. On its steep, rocky 



