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and the alders look brown and glossy in their casings. Theb 
Fic. 16.—View in Garden after ice storm. 
ground and their dark masses seemed blacker in contrast to the 
surrounding whiteness. Bryant’s ‘“‘ Winter piece’”’ was written 
for a scene like this! Along the river from the blue bridge the 
gradations of color were most varied, the dark background of the 
water and hemlocks being relieved by the golden yellows of the 
Here and there mere still be seen the blue berries of the eebear, 
