FOREST TREES ANB FOREST SCENERY 



plaintive and clear, that drive away all 

 harshness of thought. 



Let us again consider the under- 

 growth in the forest. Where shrubs 

 and tender growths abound the wintry 

 season cannot be desolate or dreary. 

 When the display of summer is over 

 they attract the eye by their bright 

 fruits and their habits of growth. Their 

 branchlets are often strikingly pretty in 

 color and well set off against the snow. 

 Their intricate traceries of twig and 

 stem are an interesting study. The 

 copses of brown hazels that spread 

 along the mountain side and the dusky 

 alders or yellow-tinted willows are in 

 perfect harmony with this season of 

 the year. 



It is by crowding into masses that 

 our shrubs of brighter blossom produce 

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