128 Nature protected 
and animal life should be registered, 
and the lists should be subject to 
frequent revision. Moreover, the 
Minister suggested to the agricultural 
and veterinary academies that in lec- 
tures on geology, botany, and zoology 
reference should be made to the ne- 
cessity of caring for and protecting 
natural monuments. Besides this, the 
State Commissioner was instructed to 
give special lectures on the subject at 
the various academies. 
Some examples of realised pro- 
tection of natural monuments by this 
department may be mentioned. 
The sea-holly (Eryngium mariti- 
mum) on the sea-shore of East Prussia, 
West Prussia, and Pomerania is guard- 
ed by police orders. Some years ago, . 
it was interdicted to uproot, or to offer 
the plant for sale, in order that this 
beautiful indigenous decoration of our 
sea-coast might be preserved. 
