SWITZERLAND. 



The interest which we have in. the development of for- 

 estry in this small territory, of somewhat less than 

 16,000 square miles with over three million people, lies 

 in the fact that it is a republic, or rather an aggregation 

 of republics, the oldest in existence, and that, occupying 

 an Alpine mountain country, it has developed a imique 

 co-operative policy of forest protection. Being largely 

 German by origin and sentiment, German influence on 

 the development of forestry methods, outside these ad- 

 ministrative measures, has here been as strong as in 

 Austria. 



Switzerland did not exist as a power in name until 

 the 17th century, and as a unit not until the reconstruc- 

 tion of 1815, and in its present settled condition and 

 constitution not until 1848, although the nucleus of its 



A very good brief statement of present conditions of forestry in Switzerland 

 witli some historical references may be found in Handwdrierbuch der Schviei- 

 eerischen Volkswirtkschaft^ Berlin 1903 with two chapters by Dr. J. CoAZ and 

 Prof. C. Bourgeois. 



F. FANKHAUSER, Geschickte des berniscken Forsiwesens bis in die 

 neuerg Zeit^ Bern 1893, which gives insight into the developments in one of the 

 cantons, beginning in 1304, 



LANDOLT, Ueber die Geschickte der Waldungen und des ForstwesenSy 

 Zurich 1858. 



Vivolution /orestiire dans le canton de Neuchdiely HistoireStatistique 

 1896. 



BURRI, Die Kulturgeschicktlicke Entwicklung und •wirthschaftliche 

 Bedeuiung des schweizerischen Waldbestandsy Luzern 1898. 



MEISTER, Die Stadtwaldungen von ZUrich 2d ed. 1903 exhibits on 225 

 pages in great detail the history and methods of management of this remarkable 

 city forest of only about 3,000 acres. 



Report to the British Foreign Office on Swiss Forest Laws^ by CONWAY 

 THORNTON 1888 gives a very satisfactory expos^ of the earlier legislation. 



