382 TREES. 



the intermediate shades were filled up by the birches, sycamores, 

 elms, chesnuts, and beeches, of which we have so many numerous 

 species in our forests, and the whole was thrown into lively contrast 

 by a rich intermingling of the deep green in the thick foliage of the 

 pines, spruces, and hemlocks. 



