PREFACE. vii 
contributed to the Journal of Forestry series of papers 
which ‘were afterwards reprinted under the title Glances at 
the Forests of Northern Europe. In the preface to this 
pamphlet I stated that in Denmark may be studied the 
remains of forests in pre-historic times; in Norway, luxu- 
tiant forests managed by each proprietor as seemeth good 
in his own eyes ; in Sweden, sustained ‘systematic endea- 
vours to regulate the management of forests in accordance 
with the latest deliverances of modern science ; in Finland, 
Sartage disappearing before the most advanced ‘forest 
economy.of the day ; and in Russia, Jardinage in the north, 
merging into more ‘scientific management in Central 
Russia, and -Rébovsement in the south. 
The followmg pages may be considered a study of 
information I then collected, together with information 
which I previously possessed, or have subsequently ob- 
tained, in regard to the Forests and Forestry of Finland. 
In a paper entitled A British School of Forestry: Present 
Position of the Question, which appeared in the Journal of 
Forestry and Estate Management in the issues cof that maga- 
zine for April and May 1881, after stating what facilities 
for the study of Forest Science and of Practical Forestry 
exist, or might ‘easily, and at little expense, be created in 
Britain, I remarked :— 
‘Should it be deemed desirable, as I think.it.is, that -pro- 
visionibe made for still higher or more varied training being 
given to.a-select. number of the more promising students, 
the desideratum :can be met. In more than one of ithe 
most celebrated ‘Schools of Forestry on the Continent 
provision is made for the attendance of foreigners, and, 
these enjoy all the educational advantages of the alumni 
