FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 



and before the methods of the forester 

 can be applied to such extensive areas, 

 this valuable heritage will probably 

 have vanished. Heretofore it has been 

 to us Americans in the supply of wood 

 what bread and water are in daily life. 

 It has been hardly less valued by other 

 nations, having been planted as a forest 

 tree in Germany a full century ago. 



I cannot say what I admire most in 

 the white pine; whether it be the luxu- 

 riance and purity of its foliage, or the 

 very graceful spread of its boughs. 

 There is hardly a tree that can equal 

 it for softness and rich color. The 

 tufts of needlelike leaves densely 

 cover the upper surfaces of the spread- 

 ing branches, and are of a mild, uni- 

 formly pure olive-green. Seen from 

 beneath they appear tangled in the 

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