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Plantago maritima, Aster Tripolium, 
Artemisia maritima van salina. At 
the suggestion of botanists, it was 
decided to preserve this plant associa- 
tion in its pristine condition. 
The Department of Forestry 
ordered that the proposals of the 
''Denkschrift" (see page 120, footnote) 
should be applied to the State Forests 
as far as possible. Clear felling is to 
be reduced, particularly near towns and 
watering-places. Boulders and remark- 
able rocks, small bogs, rare plants and 
plant associations, and characteristic 
specimens of trees are to be preserved. 
Parts of woods, which show indige- 
nous or interesting vegetation, are to 
be protected. Various harmless birds 
and mammals are also to be protected. 
In this sense, there are already a 
good many reservations in Prussian 
State Forests. For example, in the 
forest-district of Mirchau near Danzig, 
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