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contributed to the Journal of Forestry a series of papers 

 which were afterwards reprinted under the title Glances at 

 the Forests of Northern Europe. In the preface to this 

 pamphlet I stated that in Denmark may be studied the 

 remains of forests in pre-historic times ; in Norway, luxu- 

 riant forests managed by each proprietor as seemeth good 

 in his own eyes ; in Sweden, sustained systematic endea- 

 vours to regulate the management of forests in accordance 

 with the latest deliverances of modern science ; in Finland, 

 Sartage disappearing before the most advanced forest 

 economy of the day ; and in Russia, Jardinage in the north, 

 merging into more scientific management in Central 

 Russia, and Reboisement in the south. 



The following pages may be considered a study of 

 information I then collected, together with information 

 which I previously possessed, or have subsequently ob- 

 tained, in regard to the Forests and Forestry of Finland. 



In a paper entitled A British School of Forestry: Present 

 Position of the Question, which appeared in the Journal of 

 Forestry and Estate Management in the issues of that maga- 

 zine for April and May 1 881, after stating what facilities 

 for the study of Forest Science and of Practical Forestry 

 exist, or might easily, and at little expense, be created in 

 Britain, I remarked : 



' Should it be deemed desirable, as I think it is, that pro- 

 vision be made for still higher or more varied training being 

 given to a select number of the more promising students, 

 the desideratum can be met. In more than one of the 

 most celebrated Schools of Forestry on the Continent 

 provision is made for the attendance of foreigners, and 

 these enjoy all the educational advantages of the alumni 



