138 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
716,000 acres, were bought, at an average price of about 
26s, per acre. 
5. SYLVICULTURE. 
Regeneration by self-sowing from mother-trees has, especially 
in the northern and greater part of Sweden, to be adopted to a 
very large extent, chiefly on account of the immense areas which 
have to be dealt with, the relatively thin population in these 
regions, and the short spring-time. Such natural regeneration 
is greatly favoured, and not least, perhaps, because of the 
good results which we have found it to give when properly 
arranged. Besides this, however, artificial regeneration by hand- 
sowing and planting is carried out on a very large and constantly 
increasing scale, as much as about 40,000 kilogrammes (over 
88,000 lbs.) of seed having been sown, and from 40 to 50 
million plants having been planted out this season. 
The above remarks will, I think, show that in Sweden interest 
in forestry has greatly increased, and that the forest stock of the 
country, instead of decreasing, will, on the contrary, increase in a 
gradual but certain way, and that it will be kept up to the 
standard required by the economic conditions of the country. 
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