FORESTRY IN EUROPE. 



Of the sketches of forestry in sixteen European states 

 which have appeared in my recent annual reports those 

 of eleven countries Alsace-Lorraine, Baden, France, 

 Hesse, Italy, Norway, Prussia, Saxony, Sax-Meiningen, 

 Switzerland and Wurtemberg, as printed in this report 

 have been wholly revised or contain additional information 

 kindly furnished by their respective forestry directors. 



ALSACE-LORRAINE. 



STATE FORESTS. 



Aggregate extent 343,545 acres, also the state possesses 

 together with several towns and villages 40, 630 acres of un- 

 divided forests, situated in the valleys of the Rhine and 

 Mosel rivers and on the Vosges Mountains. The prevail- 

 ing kinds of trees are beech, oak, pine (pinus sylvestris], 

 fir (abies pectinata) and spruce (picea excelsa). The aver- 

 age estimated value per acre is about $100. Annual ag- 

 gregate expense $1,480,000; annual aggregate revenue, 

 $ 2 >333>ooo; average net profit per acre, $2.40. The num- 

 ber of acres annually sown with seeds, 1,025; planted with 

 seedlings, 2,915 acres. On 265 acres the surface of the 

 ground is roughly opened with spade, plow, harrow or hoe 

 with a view to facilitate the germination of self-sown seeds. 

 On about 50 per cent of the entire area, reforesting is ef- 

 fected by self sown seed from standing trees; on about 35 

 per cent of the entire area planting trees; and on about 

 15 per cent planting seeds is resorted to. 



