FORMS AND EXPRESSION OF TREES. 



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The fantastic shapes assumed under certain conditions by 

 the elm, the tupelo, the swamp-oak, and less frequently 

 by the beech and the hickory, constitute one of the prin- 

 cipal attractions of a half-wooded landscape, and never 

 affect us with any sense of deformity. 



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