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tion was abandoned after a rival, the Austrian Forestry 

 Congress, had been organized in 1874, which later be- 

 came the Oesterreichische Reichs-Forstverein. 



In Galicia and in Buko^nna the foresters meet as a 

 section of the Society for Soil Culture. The same 

 method of forming forestry sections of the agricultural 

 societies is followed in others parts of the empire and 

 at least a dozen or more other local foresters' associations 

 might be mentioned in which owners of forest properties 

 are as fully represented as professional foresters, and 

 their activity is not only to be found in literary labors, 

 but also in practical work. In addition to the meetings 

 of these local societies representative congresses have met 

 annually at Vienna since 1876 and have become power- 

 ful agents for improving legislation and practice. 



Although, as was natural, owing to the difference in 

 conditions the forestry literature in Austria began much 

 later than that of Germany a very active progress is 

 noticeable since the middle of the century, and the Aus- 

 trians are vying successfully with the Germans in this 

 direction. The names of Fioceli, Pol-orny, Bohm, 

 Wiesner, Molish, 'Willkomm, Hempel and Kenner in the 

 direction of forest botany, Wessely, von L orenz-Libur- 

 ilfi^, Schindler, Feistmante l, Dimitz, Domhrowski (en- 

 cyclopedia 1886), Exner (wood technology) Guttenberg 

 (forest mensuration and regulation), Ney (silvicul- 

 ture), von Seckendorff, Scjiiffl (forest mensuration), 

 and many others are familiar to all German readers. 

 In addition a very considerable literature in the Bohe- 

 mian language is in existence, some in the Italian by 

 Austrian authors, and some in the Slavonian. 



