LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



I. Frontispiece — Swallow Falls 



II. Fig'. 1 — Original Growth of Hemlock 12 



Fig. 2 — Virgin Forest of Beech and Sugar Maple 12 



III. Fig. 1 — Fire Spreading Through a Hardwood Forest 16 



Fig. 2 — Examples of Forest Protection and Forest De- 

 struction 16 



IV. Fig. 1 — Fire Protection on Mountain Land 20 



V. Fig. 1 — Destruction of Chestnut by the Blight . 24 



Fig. 2 — A Culled Forest, with Logging AVaste, in Southern 



Maryland 24 



VI. Fig. 1 — The Pastured Woodlot 30 



Fig. 2 — The Protected Woodlot 30 



VII. Fig. 1 — A Portable Mill 38 



Fig. 2 — A Band Mill 38 



VIII. Fig. 1 — The Forested Watershed 42 



Fig. 2 — From a Deforested Watershed 42 



IX. Fig. 1 — Keg Staves from Chestnut 52 



Fig. 2 — Red Oak for Chair Stock 52 



X. Fig. 1 — Loading Mine Props 60 



Fig. 2 — High-Grade Maryland Poplar 60 



XI. Fig. 1 — The Fresh- Water Swamp 76 



Fig. 2 — The Salt Marsh 76 



XII. Fig. 1 — The Typical Mountain Forest 84 



Fig. 2 — From the Fire Tower — Meadow Mountain 84 



XIII. Fig. 1 — The Planted Forest 96 



Fig. 2 — The Natural Forest 96 



XIV. Fig. 1 — Eroded Lands in Southern Maryland 104 



Fig. 2 — The State Forest Nursery 104 



XV. Fig. 1 — Logging in Southern Maryland 116 



Fig. 2 — Pulpwood for Shipment 116 



XVL Fig. 1 — Loblolly Pine 128 



Fig. 2 — Cypress, and the Cypress Swamp 128 



