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WiiTTS-EY, Milton. Description of the Principal Soil Formations 

 of the State [Maryland]. ]\rarylancl, its Resources, Industries and 

 Institutions. Baltimore, 189:3, pp. 181-211. 



Contains descriptions of the soils of tlie State, their distribution, origin, 

 and adaptabilities. 



Whitxey, Milton. The Soils of Maryland. 



Md. Agri. Exper. Sta. Bull. No. 21, College Park, 1893, 58 pp., map. 



The principal soils of the State are described and their adaptability to 

 different kinds of crops discussed. A map is given showing their general 

 distribution. 



Williams, G. H. Mines and Minerals of Maryland. 

 Maryland, its Resources, Industries and Institutions, Baltimore, 1893, pp. 

 89-153. 



Reference is made to the Eocene greensand marls of the county. 



Williams, G. H., and Clark, W. B. Geology of Maryland. 



Maryland, its Resources, Industries and Institutions, Baltimore, 1893, pp. 

 55-89. 



The different geological formations recognized at that time are briefly 

 described. Several important Eocene and Cretaceous fossiliferous localities 

 in this county are mentioned. 



1894. 

 Darton, I^T. H. Outline of Cenozoic History of a Portion of tlie 

 Middle Atlantic Slope. 



Jour. Geol., vol. ii, 1894, pp. 568-587. 



A description of the formations of the Atlantic Coastal Plain and a resume 

 of the geological history of the region. 



Darton, K H. Artesian Well Prospects in Eastern Virginia, 

 Maryland, and Delaware. 



Trans. Amer. Inst. Min. Eng., vol. xxiv, 1894, pp. 372-397, pis. i-ii. 



Contains a general description of the Atlantic Coastal Plain formations 

 with records of some of the important artesian wells of Eastern Maryland 

 and Virginia with a discussion of artesian water conditions in those areas. 

 Record of a 384-foot well at Bowie is given. 



Harris, G. D. On the Geological Position of the Eocene Deposits 

 of Maryland and Virginia. 



Amer. Jour. Sci., 3rd ser., vol. xlvii, 1894, pp. 301-304, figs. 1-3. 



The writer correlates the Eocene of Virginia and Maryland with the Bell'? 

 Landing substage of Alabama. 



