FOREST TREES 



THE beauty of a forest is not simple 

 in character, but is due to many 

 separate sources. The trees contribute 

 much ; the shrubs, the rocks, the mosses, 

 play their part; the purity of the air, 

 the forest silence, the music of wind in 

 the trees — these and other influences 

 combine to produce woodland beauty 

 and charm. A first consideration, how- 

 ever, should be to know the beauty that 

 is revealed by the trees themselves. 



Here it will be wise to make a selec- 

 tion : to choose out of the great variety 

 of our forest flora those trees that most 

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