PLATE XII. FIG. 1. — THE TYPICAL ^MOUNTAIN FOREST. 



Such forests — growing where iiotliing else will grow — serve the double purpose of 

 timber production and watershed protection. 



PLAIL XII. FIU. 2. — FROM THE FIRE TOWER — jMLALOW MOUNTAIN. 



Several ranges of mountains and thousands of acres of woodland appear, and the forests of 

 Western Maryland are seen at their best. 



