CONTENTS 3OX 



tana The Bad Lands Colors of decay Plateaus and 

 steppes The primeval tracts The American prairie 

 Prairie fires Treeless tracts The roll of the divides and 

 swalea Prairie wildness Nature's revenges The wil- 

 derness again Flat plains Low-lying tracts by sea OT 

 river The livable lands Sky and horizon once more 

 The marshes and meadows Reeds and rushes FlagB 

 Beauty of the commonplace The marsh landscape- 

 Near to civilization The bottom-lands Swamps and 

 jungles 235 



CHAPTER XIII. Leaf and Branch. The New World 

 vegetation The foliage in America Timber growths 

 Variety of forests Depths of the timber The "Big 

 Woods" Botanical classes of trees Tree characteris- 

 ticsTree forms Branch ramifications The pathetic 

 fallacy The so-called sentiment of trees Life of the oak 

 Tree motion Sounding-trees Leaves in motion 

 Trees in storm Winds in the forest Bare boughs In 

 March The March harmony Warming color The 

 budding season Summer foliage Variety of the green 

 Light transformations Swift color-changes The 

 trees in blossom Blossom storms Autumn glory 

 Indian summer The scarlet foliage Harmony of the 

 scarlet landscape Nature's sacrifices Tree contrasts 

 Tropical forests American forests European wood- 

 lands 253 



CHAPTER XIV. Earth Coverings. Trees and shrubs 

 Bush growths The substitutes of nature Laurel and 

 rhododendron California chapparal Sage brush Up- 

 land bushes Common growths Wild roses Growths 

 under shadow Fern and bracken Scotch heather 

 Heather color Golden-rod Blue asters Bushes and 



