148 Germany. 



same time a voluntary association of these stations 

 was formed for the purpose of co-ordinating and plan- 

 ning the work to be done. 



Forestry associations instituted merely for the 

 purpose of propaganda, were apparently not organized. 

 The first association of professional foresters appears 

 to have been formed as the result of Bechstein's con- 

 ception, who proposed in connection with his school 

 (1795 at Gotha, 1800 at Dreissigacker) the form- 

 ation of an academy of noted foresters. As a result, 

 the Societal der Forst una 1 Jagdkunde was formed, in 

 which all the noted foresters joined with much en- 

 thusiasm, and, in 1801, a membership of 81 regular 

 and 61 honorary members was attained. At the same 

 time the official organ Diana was founded (1797), in 

 which the essays of the members were to be printed; 

 after having passed four censors. Two sessions were 

 to be held annually. This much too elaborate plan 

 for the then rather undeveloped education and de- 

 ficient means of transportation defeated to some ex- 

 tent the great object. By 1812, it was thought 

 necessary to divide the academy at least into a north- 

 ern and southern section, and for the latter an addi- 

 tional journal, edited by Laurop, was instituted. The 

 interest, however, decreased continually, and by 1843, 

 at Bechstein's death, the academy was abandoned. 



At the same time, there had sprung up a number 

 of local associations in the modern sense. The first, 

 in 1820, composed of the foresters and agriculturists 

 of Nassau; the next, in 1839, of the foresters of Baden, 

 and, by 1860, nine such local societies of foresters 



