Bronze plaque № 51772

College Park, United States

Site of Maryland's First State Tree Nursery, 1914-1950. In 1914, the University of Maryland, originally the Maryland Agricultural College, donated this land to establish the first state tree nursery. Fred W. Besley, student of Gifford Pinchot (father of American forestry), brought tree nursery scien

ce to Maryland as its first state forester. Silas Sines Sr., head nurseryman, pioneered methods for economically growing and replanting large numbers of trees. Thousands of trees grown here were repla

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