104 Nature protected 
(Udvalg for Naturfredning) was 
formed by the three above mentioned 
societies. At the suggestion of this 
committee, a wood affected by the 
prevaiHng winds near Tisvilde on 
the isle of Zealand, and the weeping 
beeches in two forests have been pro- 
tected. In Ringkobing Fjord, a part 
of a virgin island, the whole animal 
world has been saved. Lastly, a colony 
of herons' nests at Jonstrup Vang near 
Copenhagen has been preserved. 
The late Th. Schiotz, of Odense, 
bought a piece of heathland near 
Ringkobing, the only Danish habitat of 
Arctostaphylos alpina, and gave it to 
the Danish Heath Association (Dansk 
Hedeselskab), for the preservation of 
the plant. He protected, in a wood 
near Buderupholm, the only Danish 
habitat of the Lady's slipper (Cypri- 
pedium Calceolus) by enclosing it with 
a hedge. H. Winge, keeper of the 
