PLATE XIV. FIG. 1. — ERODED LANDS IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND. 



Destructive erosion is usually the consequence of cutting forests from rolling lands which should 

 remain in timber growth. This abuse of the land is not confined to a single section of the State. 



PLATE XIV. PIG. 2. — ^THE STATE FOREST NURSERY. 



Supplied with thousands of growing trees in the species best adapted to this State, the Forest Nursery, 

 College Park, is the State's answer to the often expressed need of 

 suitable stock for forest planting. 



