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In Great Britain there exists a " National Trust for Places of 

 Historic Interest or Natural Beauty " which was founded in 1895. 

 This association has had deeded to it and holds quite a number of 

 large and small areas of natural beauty in various parts of the 

 country. Under the British Government a number of State 

 Forest Preserves exist, among which the famous New Forest, 

 in Hampshire, and Epping Forest should be mentioned. A note- 

 worthy plant reserve is Burnham Beeches, near Slough, a wooded 

 tract of 315 acres, in which stand beeches ten to twenty feet in cir- 

 cumference, oaks fifteen feet in circumference, and other ancient 

 trees. There are also many bird reserves on the coasts of the United 

 Kingdom, chiefly for sea birds. 



In Denmark a number of interesting moors and areas with rare 

 plants and plant associations have been preserved. Birds enjoy 

 also far-reaching care and protection. 



In France forest areas with noteworthy trees and plants in several 

 forests, notably Fontainebleau, are protected, and efforts are being 

 made to extend protection of nature in various ways. 



In Holland the Naardermeer, in the south of the Zuider See, a 

 breeding place and resort for many rare birds, is preserved. 



Sweden has reserved several natural park areas of scenic and 

 botanical interest. In one of them the bears, which are threatened 

 with extinction, are protected. Switzerland guards its rare plants 

 zealously by administrative ordinances, and with the aid of several 

 associations interested, for example, the " Association pour la Pro- 

 tection des Plantes " at Geneva. Switzerland has a beautiful national 

 park in southeastern Engadine, a territory on the Inn, with the wild 

 valleys of Cluoza and Tantermozza and several adjoining districts; 

 and Italy has had the intention to create a national park in continua- 

 tion of the Swiss Val Cluoza. The area of the Swiss park is about 

 ninety-five square kilometers, and it comprises pine forests and inter- 

 esting plant and animal associations. 



Bird Protection in Germany 



An interest in birds and in their protection and preservation has 

 always been maintained in Germany. Various local regulations to 

 protect birds were made from time to time in the eighteenth and 

 beginning of the nineteenth century, but Prof. K. Th. Liebe, who 

 worked for bird preservation in the second half of the past century 

 in Thuringia, in particular, and wrote numerous works about it, may 



