CONTEXTS 



PAGE 



The Water REsoriKES 145 



Springs 145 



Shallow Wells 146 



Artesian Wells 147 



Waters of the Crystalline Rocks 147 



Waters of the Lower Cretaceous Formations 148 



Waters of the Upper Cretaceous Formations 149 



Waters of the Eocene Formations 150 



Waters of the Miocene Formations 150 



THE SOILS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. By Jay A. Boxsteel. . . 151 



ixtroductory 1^1 



The Soil Types 152 



The Collington Sandy Loam 152 



The Norfolk Sand ■ 158 



The Westphalia Sand 159 



The Windsor Sand 161 



The Susquehanna Gravel 162 



The Leonardtown Loam 164 



The Leonardtown Gravelly Loam 166 



The Sassafras Loam 167 



The Sassafras Sandy Loam 167 



The Norfolk Loam 169 



The Susquehanna Clay 171 



The Susquehanna Clay Loam 173 



The Elkton Clay 174 



The Cecil Mica Loam 175 



The Meadow 1*^*^ 



The Agriculturai, Coxuitioxs 178 



THE CLIMATE OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. By William H. 



Alexaxder 185 



ixtroductory' 185 



The Factors controlling climate 185 



The Physiographic features of Prince George's County 187 



Meteorological data available for Prixce George's Couxty 188 



Temperature Coxditioxs 191 



Precipitatiox 191 



The Weather at Nottixgham 204 



THE HYDROGRAPHY OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. By F. H. 



Newell ^^'^ 



IXTRODUCTORY' 



207 



The Patuxext River draixage basix 207 



The Patuxent River at Laurel 208 



Western Branch of Patuxent River 212 



Anacostia River 



213 



