FOEEST TREES 



and purer. We need not look up to 

 appreciate it, but may watch it on the 

 soil, over which it moves in flecks of 

 light and dark. 



" The chequer' d earth seems restless as a 



flood 

 Brushed by the winds, so sportive is the 



light 

 Shot through the boughs ; it dances, as 



they dance, 

 Shadow and sunshine intermingling 



quick, 

 And dark'ning, and enlight'ning (as the 



leaves 

 Play wanton) every part." 



THE CONE-BEAEERS 



The cone-bearing trees are usually 

 provided with needle-shaped or awl- 

 shaped leaves, in contradistinction to 

 the broad and flat ones that belong 

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