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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in relation to the forests, rivers, and mountains of the southern Appalachian region

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  • Senate Doc. No. 84. Plate LXIX. (A) RHODODENDRON UNDERGROWTH HOLDING THE SOIL AND THE WATER. Undergrowth like ibis holds In place Indefinitely the deep, fertile soil of the steep Appalachian mountain slopes. (II) SEAMS IN THE ROCK FACILITATE THE STORAGE OF WATER FROM HEAVY RAIN. These supplement the work of the soil on the mountain slopes in storing the excessive rains ^,8^y,£utlAhta water durtog the drier seasons of the year. Bni when the forests are destroyed, both the soils and ""J}"1 : decayed rocks are rapidly carried away, and the mountain rains rush Into the streams below, causing nooas 01 increasing violence.
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