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The aim of the work is to present the 200−year−old output of ‘Sylwan’ journal in the field of silviculture, with particular emphasis on the trends in the development of this discipline in forest science and practice. As a result of the query, limited to the content analysis of only those articles that are closely related to silviculture, 985 items were selected for the analysis. The initial period of ‘Sylwan’ publication, covering the years 1820−1939, is a period of development of forest management, expressed inter alia by the emphasis on cultivating high−growing forests, artificial methods of forest regeneration and the presentation of various management methods, which is reflected in the content of over 170 articles. Many of them are monographs of species (especially Scots pine) containing elements of silviculture. The development of nursery production, and thus the development of forest seed science, as well as forest tending, belong to issues developed only in the 20th century. The post−war period of ‘Sylwan’ was divided into 4 subperiods due to the much larger number of publications. One can notice certain trends reflecting the changing socio−political conditions and the development of forest science. Examples include: a significant number of articles devoted to the reconstruction of tree stands destroyed during the war in the initial subperiod, as well as the conversion of forest management to a nonclear cutting system and the subsequent departure from it, the dynamic development of forest tree breeding, nursery and poplar plantations in the mid−twentieth century. The end of the twentieth century resulted in large number of publications devoted to afforestation, the impact of industrial pollution on forests, fir dieback, forest fires and forest tending issues. The beginning of the 21st century is marked by a growing number of articles dealing with the ecological approach to forest management, including issues of natural regeneration, and a marked increase in interest in beech, oak and fir, as well as climate change and its consequences for the forest.