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Germany 
The Imperial Post Office has for- 
bidden any one to cut the branches of, 
or otherwise to injure, any tree for the 
sake of the telegraph wires passing 
along the roads. 
Bavaria 
So far back as a hundred years ago 
and more, a case can be quoted where 
natural beauty was protected by the 
government. In 1803, ^ wood near 
Bamberg was bought up by the State 
for preserving this lovely place for the 
benefit of the citizens of that old 
town\ 
In 1840, the government issued an 
order for the protection of glacial 
boulders and other remarkable rocks. 
1 Conwentz, H. Schutz der natiirlichen Land- 
schaft, vornehmlich in Bayern. Berlin, 1907, S. i. 
