110 Nature protected 
In 1842, it was decided that avenues 
of trees were not to be violated or 
cut down without authorisation by the 
King. In 1846, King Ludwig I pre- 
served by purchase a beautiful old oak 
near Moosach. In 1852, an edict was 
issued for the protection of old lime- 
trees, oaks, beeches, elms, and other 
trees standing in villages and country 
towns. In the following year, induced 
by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, 
the government ordered that glacial 
boulders should be registered and 
marked on the forest maps. Two years 
later, the foresters were obliged to pre- 
serve all interesting natural features, 
and to notify any damage caused to 
them ; and in 1884, the making of an 
inventory of these features of the State 
Forests was ordered. 
As the efforts to protect natural 
monuments in Prussia had been sup- 
ported by government, I received an 
