SWITZERLAND. 



The interest which we have in the development of 

 forestry in this small territory, of somewhat less than 

 16,000 square miles with over three million people, 

 lies in the fact that it is a republic, or rather an aggre- 

 gation of republics, the oldest in existence, and that, 

 occupying an Alpine mountain country, it has de- 

 veloped a unique co-operative policy of forest pro- 

 tection. Being largely German by origin and senti- 

 ment, German influence on the development of fores- 

 try methods, outside of the administrative measures, 

 has here been as strong as in Austria. 



Switzerland did not exist as a power in name until 

 the 17th century, and as a unit not until the recon- 

 struction of 1815, and in its present settled condition 

 and constitution not until 1848, although the nucleus 



A very good brief statement of present conditions of forestry in Switzerland 

 with some historical references may be found in Handworterbuch der Schivei- 

 zerischen Volkswirthschaft, Berlin 1903, with two chapters by Dr. J. Coaz and 

 Prof. C. Bourgeois. 



F. FANKHAUSER, Gesckichte des bernischen Forsttvesens bis in die neuere 

 Zeit, Bern 1893, gives insight into the developments in one of the cantons, 

 beginning in 1304. 



LANDOLT, Ueber die Geschichte der Waldungen und des Forstwesens, 

 Zurich, 1858. 



L' evolution forestiere dans le canton de JVeiichdtel, H istoire-Statistique 1896. 



BURRI, Die kutturgeschichtliche EnHvicklung und wirthschaftliche Bedeu- 

 tung des schweizerischen Waldbestands, Luzern 1898. 



MEISTER, Die Stadtivaldungen von Zurich, 2d ed, 1903, exhibits on 225 

 pages in great detail the history and methods of management of this remarkable 

 city forest of only about 3,000 acres. 



Report of theBritish Foreign Office on Swiss Forest Laws, by CONWAY 

 THORNTON, 1888, gives a very satisfactory expose of the earlier legislation. 



