FOEEST ADORNMENT 



Lastly, there are the true owners of 

 the forest: the bird that hovers round 

 its borders; the free, chattering squir- 

 rel ; the casual butterfly that leads us to 

 the flowers ; and the large game that in- 

 habits the hidden recesses and adds an 

 element of wildness and strange attrac- 

 tion to these quiet haunts. 



All this wealth of detail gives life to 

 the forest. The shrubs, above the rest, 

 should here interest us somewhat more 

 minutely. They are often the most con- 

 spicuous objects in the embellishment of 

 the forest; and since our investigation 

 was to be guided to some extent by con- 

 siderations of usefulness, it ought to be 

 added that shrubs not infrequently exer- 

 cise a beneficial influence on the vigor 

 and well-being of the trees themselves. 

 Trees, shi'ubs, and certain of the 



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