FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 



rounded mountains, which are fresh 

 with the new foliage of spring. On the 

 nearest hills the individual trees and 

 their combinations into groups can be 

 distinguished ; but receding into the 

 valleys and more distant slopes the 

 forms and colors grow less distinct, till 

 the tone becomes darker and at last 

 melts into the familiar hazy blue of 

 the distant hills. Looking again at the 

 nearer hillsides, we recognize the tulip 

 trees with their shapely crowns, clothed 

 in a soft green and lifted somewhat 

 above the general outline. The light 

 green of the opening elms and sweet 

 gums can be very well distinguished 

 beyond the more shadowy beeches, 

 ashes, and maples. The remaining 

 spaces are occupied by hickories and 

 chestnuts, still brown and leafless, and 

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