A SPRAY OF PINE 47 



turns out to be none other than the young of the 

 Blackburnian described as a new species and named 

 for its favorite tree. 



All trees in primitive woods are less social, less 

 disposed to intermingle, than trees in groves or 

 fields: they are more heady; they meet only on 

 high grounds; they shake hands over the heads of 

 their neighbors; the struggle for life is sharper and 

 more merciless, — in these and other respects sug- 

 gesting men in cities. One tree falls against a more 

 stanch one, and bruises only itself; a weaker one it 

 carries to the ground with it. 



Both the pine and the hemlock make friends with 

 the birch, the maple, and the oak, and one of the 

 most pleasing and striking features of our autumnal 

 scenery is a mountain side sown broadcast with 

 these intermingled trees, forming a combination of 

 colors like the richest tapestry, the dark green giv- 

 ing body and permanence, the orange and yellow 

 giving light and brilliancy. 



