CHAPTER XL 

 LITERATURE OF FORESTRY. 



THE earliest publications relative to forests and forestry in 

 Finland which have been brought under my notice, are 

 two brief treatises, published as theses in the last century, 

 one by Professor P. A. Gadd, and the other by Professor 

 P. Kalm, both of the University of Abo. In the present 

 century, Mr C. Boecker, also a professor in that University, 

 published in 1829 a good volume On the conservation and 

 treatment of forests in the north. 



In 1829 Mr V, Ficandt published a small book On the 

 increase made by woods in growing. 



Staatsrath C. W. Gylden, the founder of modern forest 

 economy in Finland, published in 1853 an excellent and 

 valued work entitled A Guide in the Treatment of Forests 

 in Finland. 



In 1858 was published Finlands-Skogar,\)y Mr Edmund 

 V. Berg. 



In 1861 was published a treatise On the manufacture of 

 tar in Finland, Finlands Gaern Industrie, by Mr A. Solden. 



In 1863 was published a volume by Mr E. W. Stroem- 

 berg, On the government of Uleaborg, the principal forest 

 Ian in Finland. 



From 1866 to 1869 appeared successive reports of the 

 Commission appointed to enquire into everything relating 

 to the condition and treatment of the forests, entitled the 

 Stateskogs-Commissionens Beraettelse ; and annual reports on 

 the management of these forests Forst styrelsens Beraet- 

 tehe, giving details in regard to those in each of the lans, 

 continue to be issued. Dispersed in various journals 

 have appeared valuable treatises on matters pertaining to 



