FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 



spaces within this region that bear 

 dense forests, notwithstanding the bar- 

 ren soil and the austere cHmate; for- 

 ests that have been but httle or in no 

 wise disturbed, and whose expression 

 differs in an unmistakable manner 

 from the opener growth of the broad- 

 leaf forests of the East. 



Denser than these and more awe- 

 inspiring are the forests of the States 

 bordering the Pacific. Here the mois- 

 ture from the sea, an equable climate, and 

 a generous soil, have produced the tall 

 and somber red firs, the stately hemlocks 

 and cedars, the redwoods of the coast, 

 and the consummate beauty and mag- 

 nificence of those opener groves of big 

 trees, sugar pines, and bull pines, that 

 have always commanded the admiration 

 and wonder of visitors to that region. 

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