ARTIFICIAL FORESTS OF EUROPE 



new science of forestry. To the for- 

 ester were finally intrusted the reestab- 

 lishment, protection and preservation, 

 the improvement, the regulation, the 

 management and administration, as 

 well as the final cutting, of the forest. 

 Such interference with the work of 

 natm*e ultimately affected its aspect. 

 In the long life of the forest the 

 changes were slow, but in course of 

 time the stamp of artificiality was un- 

 pressed upon it, and the imprint of 

 nature's own countenance was taken 

 away. To an American, if he has 

 seen a little of our wildness, a great 

 charm is wanting in the artificial for- 

 ests of Em'ope. The sun does not seem 

 to set naturally, but to hide behind 

 roads and houses. It may be a life- 

 like and harmonious scene, but it does 

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