STATE BOARD OF FORESTRY 



PLATE VII 



FlG. 1. ORIGINAL GROWTH OF HEMLOCK IN GARRETT COUNTY 



FlG. 2. VIRGIN FOREST OF BEECH AND SUGAR MAPLE, GARRETT COUNTY 



(These magnificent first-growth forests that once covered fully 90 per cent, of Maryland now represent 

 less than 1 per cent, of its total forest cover) 



