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Carlina vulgaris, Carduus nutans, 
Cnicus spp., Arnoseris minima. Lac- 
tuca muralis, and Crepis paludosa 
(after E. Ulbrich). 
In the forest-district of Thale in 
the Hartz Mountains, one of the 
prettiest mountain valleys in Germany, 
the *'Bodetal" is safe-guarded as a 
monument of nature, and all projects 
of constructing a railway to the 
Rosstrappe and Hexentanzplatz 
have been suppressed (see page 6). 
Moreover, the woods growing spon- 
taneously on both sides are preserved. 
In the forest-districts of Colbitz 
and Planken, a wood of lime-trees, 
formerly occupying about 988 acres, 
is protected. 
In the forest-district of Miinster, a 
valuable wood of oaks, beeches, horn- 
beams, ashes, and other trees is not to 
be cut down, in order that certain rare 
lichens, which are growing on the bark 
