PLATE V. FIG. 1.-— DESTRUCTION OF CHESTNUT BY THE BLIGHT. 



Tlic Chestnut Blight has killed a large percentage of the chestnut in hardwood forests, from NeAV 

 England to Maryland; and the end of the destruction of this species has not yet been 

 reached in the State. It is no longer a question of prevention, but of utilization. 



PLATE V. FIG. 2.— A CULLED FOREST, WITH LOGGING WASTE, IN 

 SOUTHERN MARYLAND. 



The net result of careless lumbering is the stand culled of its best; and the natural consequence of 



waste like this is the forest fire. 



