2IO TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



and plants are provided cheaply or free of charge, and grants 

 and prizes for afforestation are made. In 1908, an outlay of 

 ;^2 2,500 was provided for in the Budget for the purpose of 

 encouraging communal and private action, and the formation 

 of forestry sections in the Chambers of Agriculture has done 

 much towards the promotion of private enterprise. 



Bavaria. — No provision is made for the acquisition or 

 planting of waste and poor heath land, as such land is usually 

 in the possession of communal or private owners. Should 

 an exceptional case arise, however, ample funds are available 

 for the purpose. There are no legal regulations by which 

 private proprietors or communities can be constrained to 

 plant waste lands, which have not hitherto been within the 

 forest area, but the management of this latter area is defined 

 by law and by regulations made thereunder. The Royal 

 Forest Authorities must support by their advice and help 

 efforts towards the afforestation of waste grounds ; assistance 

 and encouragement are given towards the afforestation of 

 such land, as well as towards the planting of fruit trees, and 

 the carrying out of such undertakings is rendered easy by 

 means of loans at a low rate of interest. In addition, non- 

 refundable subsidies are granted to communes for the laying 

 out of new plantations, from the State fund provided for 

 agricultural purposes in general. 



Saxony. — No waste lands of any extent exist in the kingdom, 

 but a fund, formed by the sale of State property, is devoted to 

 the acquisition of unproductive land in the neighbourhood of 

 the State forests, in order that such land may be reclaimed by 

 methodical planting. 



The State, however, actively supports efforts on the part of 

 communes and private persons who possess wooded areas, 

 both by giving advice and by providing plants at cost price. 

 Working-plans are also drawn up for such owners by the 

 Forstemrichtu7jgsanstalt. Instruction is also given at the 

 Tharandt School of Forestry. 



The District Agricultural Societies also encourage private 

 enterprise by lectures, and by the grant of subsidies to owners 

 for the planting of deforested areas and the planting of bare 

 pieces of land unsuitable for agriculture. 



Wilrtemberg. — No special steps are taken by the State 

 towards the planting of waste lands. In accordance with the 



