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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 

 common 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- vitse 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 



