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master-schools, the former in 1789, and the latter 

 in 1785. Cotta's school was afterwards transferred 

 to Tharandt and became a State institution. 



The interest of the State in forestry education found 

 first expression in Prussia in a course of lectures in 

 botany, later also in forest economy, given to the 

 forest officials by Gleditsch, professor of botany at the 

 University of Berlin (1770), to which was added a 

 practicum at Tegel under Burgsdorf, who finally 

 became the head of this mixed State school, and con- 

 tinued in this position until at his death, in 1802, the 

 school was discontinued. 



In imitation of this move by Prussia, a military 

 planting school was instituted by Wiirttemberg at 

 Solitude in 1770. The most noteworthy feature of 

 this school, which under various changes lasted less 

 than 25 years, was the course of lectures by Stahl, 

 mentioned before. 



Besides this higher school, a lower grade school was 

 started in 1783, but its career was even briefer, not 

 more than ten years. 



Bavaria organized a forest school at Munich in 1790 

 with a four years' course, and at least three years' 

 study at this school was required of those seeking 

 employment in the State service; but without having 

 ever flourished, this school, too, collapsed by 1803. 



13. Forestry Literature. 



The oldest forestry literature of this period is con- 

 tained in the many forest ordinances, which allow us 

 to judge from their prescriptions as to the conditions 

 of the practice in the woods and as to the gradual 



