FOEEST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 



ties that are connected with their sur- 

 roundings or their characteristic habits 

 of growth. 



One of the commonest attributes of 

 such forests is their grandeur; partly 

 inherent and in part also derived from 

 the sublimity of their surroundings. 

 Their situation is often in the midst of 

 wild and picturesque mountain scenery, 

 where they find a proper setting for 

 their own majestic forms among crags 

 and precipices and on the great shoul- 

 ders of mountains; where powerful 

 winds and severe snows test their en- 

 durance and strength. It is here that 

 we chiefly find those awe-inspiring dis- 

 tant views that harmonize so well with 

 the evergreen forests. The trees spread 

 over the mountains for miles and miles 

 in closely fledged masses, and become 

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