FOKEST TKEES AND FOEEST SCENERY 



course, we cannot but notice the atten- 

 uated forms and jagged edges of the 

 trees, which, indeed, are interesting 

 enough in themselves; but on look- 

 ing gradually into the distance we 

 find them thatching into one another, 

 closing up interstices and smoothing 

 away irregularities in a remarkable 

 way. This is particularly true of the 

 spruces and firs; but in some of the 

 opener pine forests, as, for example, in 

 the longleaf pines of the South, the 

 boughs and crowns themselves are 

 rounded into masses and pleasing 

 contours. It should be remembered, 

 also, that these effects are present in 

 winter as well as in summer. 



The element of softness is sometimes 

 brought into very beautiful association 

 with certain effects of mists and clouds. 

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