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thus, ' Forstakademie oder Allgemeine Hochschule? ' Forst 

 Academie being the name given to isolated educational 

 institutions designed exclusively for the study of forest 

 science and forestry ; Allgemeine Hochschule y the com- 

 prehensive designation given to colleges in which provision 

 is made for a much more extensive and comprehensive 

 course of study being followed, if desired, while attendance 

 may be confined to specified classes if this be required or 

 preferred. 



Such Allgemeine Hochschulen are the following: The 

 Royal Academy of Land and Forest Economy at Hohen- 

 heim in Bavaria, in which there are three distinct 

 departments of study: 1. Landwirthschaft, or Rural 

 Economy, inclusive of agriculture, horticulture, cattle 

 breeding, &c. 2. Forstwirthschift, or Forest Economy in 

 all its departments ; and 3. Grund-und-Hilfs- Wissenshaften, 

 or sciences on which these are based, and sciences by 

 which they may be advanced, including mathematics, 

 physical science, technical arts, political economy, and 

 jurisprudence. For the teaching of all of these there is 

 provided a staff of professors, &c., with all necessary 

 appliances. And the Polytechnic School at Carlsruhe, in the 

 Grand Duchy of Baden, in which there is embodied 1. A 

 school of mathematics. 2. A school of engineering. 3. 

 A school of machinery. 4. A school of architecture. 5. A 

 school of forestry. For the teaching of all these there is 

 provided a staff of forty-nine professors, lecturers, college 

 tutors, and assistants, with all necessary appliances. And 

 the designation is susceptible of such distention as to 

 include universities. 



The interest created by this discussion was great and 

 wide-spread. Both official* and private reports of it were 

 published. 



For the following information I am indebted to an account 

 of the Congress furnished by Herr J. Lehr to the Allgemeine 

 Forst-und Jagd Zeitung, edited by Professor Dr Gustav 



* Bericht uber di III. Versammlung deutschcr Forstmanner zu Freiburg i. B. Vom 

 Ibis. 5. September, 1374, pp. 21:2 3vo. Berlin, 1S75. Verlag vou Julius Springer. 



