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^J^HE grassy park openings within the moun- 

 V^ tain forests are among the great charms of 

 the outdoor world. These are as varied in their 

 forms as clouds, delightfully irregular of out- 

 line. Their ragged-edged border of forest, with 

 its grassy bays and peninsulas of trees, is a 

 delight. Numbers are bordered by a lake or a 

 crag, and many are crossed by brooks and dec- 

 orated with scattered trees and tree-clumps. 

 Others extend across swelling moraines. All are 

 formed on Nature's free and flowing lines, have 

 the charms of the irregular, and are model parks 

 which many landscape gardeners have tried in 

 vain to imitate. They vary in size from a mere 

 grass-plot to a wide prairie within the forest. 



"Park" is the name given to most of these 

 openings, be they large or small . There are many 

 of these scattered through the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. North, South, and Middle Parks of Colo- 

 rado are among the largest. These larger ones 



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