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and Kvestad, about 12 maal, were sown with fir seed, mostly 

 fir and pine, and some larch, mixed together in different 

 proportions. The seed sprouted well, but the small plants 

 suffered the first year partly from wetness, and the follow- 

 ing winter partly from frost, later also a little from the 

 strong growth of grass. In the spring of 1873 a fire broke 

 out in the sowing, through which there is a footpath. The 

 fire originated probably from carelessness with matches of 

 passerb by, and about \ maal of the sowing was destroyed, 

 but it was resovvn the same year. Later it suffered also 

 a little from unlawful pasturing, and last year from the 

 military manoeuvres when it served as battlefield for a de- 

 tachment of the infantry attacking the position at Aas. 

 This sowing shows, therefore, at present a rough and less 

 favourable appearance, even less favourable than it de- 

 serves ; and there are some bare spots which will have to 

 be filled when the ordinary replantings commence. It is 

 worth while to notice that there is a distinct difference 

 relative to the qualities of trees, the fir having succeeded 

 best, next the pine, the larch appearing poorer. The soil 

 may be characterised as fir wood land with some swampy 

 spots, and now and then a little harder clay underground 

 where planting would have been more effective, if there had 

 been a supply of suitable plants, which was not the case at 

 that time. This year a planting of about 2 maal of foliaceous 

 trees was executed on the space close to the high road, 

 and nearer to Brisnenid, consisting of oak, ash and birch, 

 in groups, mixed a little with elm and maple. The plant- 

 ing has up to this time succeeded tolerably well, although 

 some of the ash and elm trees have been damaged by frost, 

 especially in the strong winter 1874-75, whilst on the other 

 side the oak plants have come through this inconvenience 

 much better. Besides, some foreign firs, oak, and larch 

 were planted in the same year's planting on some small 

 spots a little further from the high road. The forest culti- 

 vation in 1872 thus embraces together a little more than 

 17 maal. 



' In the year 1873, on the hill between Frydenhaug and 



