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adjacent to a forest; but the practical training is 

 conducted elsewhere. In Russia, the principal Schools 

 of Forestry are in St. Petersburg and Moscow ; the practical 

 training is at Lissino. In Saxoay, the School of Forestry 

 is at Tharand, adjacent to a forest. In Prussia, the School 

 of Forestry is at Neustadt Eberwalde, adjacent to a forest. 

 In Hanover, it is at Munden. In Hesse-Darmstadt, the 

 School of Forestry, after mature deliberation, was incor- 

 porated with the University of Giessen. In Baden, the 

 School of Forestry is connected with the Polytechnicum of 

 Carlsruhe. In Wurtemburg, it was part of the Royal 

 Academy of Rural and Forest Economy at Hohenheim ; 

 but I understand it is now combined with the University 

 of Tubingen. In Bavaria, the School of Forestry acquired 

 a high reputation at Aschaffenburg, whence it was 

 removed to be combined with the University of Munich ; 

 subsequently Aschaffenburg was re-occupied as a pre- 

 paratory School of Forestry, from which students proceed to 

 Munich : but my latest information from Bavaria does not 

 speak in commendation of the measure. Be this as it 

 may, it is the only case of the kind known to me. The 

 buildings were vacant; the inhabitants of the adjacent 

 town were urgent ; but even if the most were made of it, 

 it could scarcely be considered an exception to what 1 

 have stated. In Austria, the School of Forestry has been 

 removed from Mariabrum to Vienna. In Italy, the School 

 of Forestry is at Vallambrosa, in the midst of a forest ; and 

 in Gotha, the School of Forestry is in Eisenach, not far 

 from a forest. In Switzerland, the School of Forestry is 

 combined with the Polytechnicum at Zurich. In France, 

 the School of Forestry is in Nancy, adjacent to a forest. 

 In Spain, the School of Forestry has been removed from 

 Villaviciosa to the Escurial, where an effort was made 

 to establish an Arboretum, but this was interrupted ; 

 and the maintenance of a crown forest in a 

 distant province, as a special school for practical instruc- 

 tion, has been abandoned. I have met with no indication 

 of opinion in Spain, that the school in the Escurial has at 



