A SESSION AT THE EBERSWALDE FOREST ACADEMY. 211 
is situated near the nursery, and contains a collection of the 
various species of European trees. The garden has been laid 
out in a meadow with an intervening sand-hill, and its longest 
side has a sluggish river for its boundary. The designing of 
the garden leaves little to be desired, and the place is very well 
kept. The paths are all bordered with conical-shaped hedges 
of spruce about two feet high. The garden is devoted almost 
solely to trees, but a number of ornamental shrubs are scattered 
throughout. The soil is practically of two kinds, the damp and 
water-logged soil of the flat, and the poor sandy soil of the 
higher ground. It can therefore be easily seen that a number 
of the species would be quite unsuited to the ground, if it were 
to be for anything other than demonstrative purposes. On the 
water’s edge begin the willows, poplars and alders; then the 
ashes and:spruces. On the drier ground are the planes, maples 
and oaks. ‘The oaks showed how unsuited they were to the soil, 
as they were very unhealthy looking and covered with lichens. 
On the more rising ground are Silver Firs, Weymouth’ and 
Austrian pines, and a few unhealthy larch. On the higher 
portions of the garden the different varieties of the genus Prunus 
are grown. There are also plots demonstrating the various 
kinds of apple and pear trees. The beds containing the fruit- 
trees seemed to have obtained dressings of leaf-mould from time 
to time. All the trees are scientifically named on metal plates. 
A botanical lecture is held almost every week in the garden, 
where the different plants are dissected, and the means of 
recognising the different trees is also fully described and 
demonstrated. 
Before closing this article, 1 may mention that the Academy 
contains museums in connection with the various sciences 
taught, and they are most “up to date.” If a foreigner cannot 
at first follow the lectures clearly, he can at least profit im- 
mensely by a few visits to the places mentioned, particularly 
that which is set aside for the various implements in connection 
with forestry, and he will have the additional opportunity of 
seeing their use demonstrated in the field. 
I hope this imperfect sketch may be the means of inducing 
others to take a course of forestry at Eberswalde; if they 
do, I can assure them that they will be received with the 
greatest kindness and consideration by the various professors 
whose classes they may attend. 
