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flowers, is seen in perfect beauty. The birds-foot violet 

 covers the ground, not closely, but as if thinly sown over 

 the surface. Where the ground is low and watery, abound- 

 ing in pools of brownish water, bladderworts cover the sur- 

 face with their clusters of uniquely formed flowers, and on 

 water margins broad bushes of andromeda are the most 

 e< mimon plants. 



Besides pine, most coniferous trees — spruces, firs, and larch 

 — form extensive forests of one species alone. Cedars and 



FIQ. 4.— A WOODLAND SCENE. 



arbor- vitae grow on undulated and rocky ground ; aggre- 

 gating in smaller and larger, picturesque groups, divided by 

 open sunny glades, they seldom form a close and continu- 

 ous growth, as do pines and firs. In the open and sunny 

 evergreen woods formed by juniper and cedar, a rich 

 herbaceous growth covers the ground, and among rocks in 

 deep gullies and ravines, rare and beautiful rock-plants grow 



