88 Germany. 



were Johann Georg von Langen and his pupil, Hans 

 Dietrich von Zanthier, both of noble family, and 

 better educated than most of their contemporaries, 

 and both engaged in the organization and manage- 

 ment of Harz mountain forests, namely, those of the 

 Duke of Brunswick and of the Count of Stolberg- 

 Wernigerode. 



The former, without occupying himself directly 

 with literary work, laid down in his expert reports and 

 in his working plans many instructions which form 

 the basis for orderly management and silviculture far 

 ahead of the times. Zanthier, writing considerably 

 (especially Kurzer systematischer Grundriss der prak- 

 tischen Forstwissenschaft, 1764), is also notable as the 

 founder of the first forestry school (at Wernigerode), 

 1763. 



Another of this class of better educated practi- 

 tioners, and co-worker with the former two, was 

 von Lassberg, who in 1764-1777 organized the Saxon 

 forests. 



An interesting incident in the life of the last three 

 men is their journey to Denmark and Norway, whither 

 they were called to organize the management of the 

 forests connected with the mines. 



Another prominent forest manager of the last half of 

 the century, whose literary work is to be found only 

 in various excellent official instructions, among which 

 is one for the teaching of foresters, was the head of 

 the Hessian forest service, a nobleman, v. Berlepsch. 



Of the cameralists who helped to make forestry 

 literature, six or seven deserve mention. These, men 

 of education and polyhistors, were either at the head 



