FOREST ADORNMENT 



ture and contain valuable chemical con- 

 stituents which they return to the soil. 

 The pine barrens of New Jersey 

 illustrate these principles. In close 

 proximity to the sea a welcome mois- 

 ture enters the forest with the ocean 

 breezes. Penetrating farther inland, it 

 is not so entirely dissipated as to pre- 

 clude a varied undergrowth of shrub- 

 bery, which in turn renders a welcome 

 aid to the forest by the protection it af- 

 fords to the porous, sandy soil, which 

 would soon dry out under the scant 

 shelter of the pervious pines. Underv 

 neath these the kalmia or calico bush, 

 with its large and shoAvy bunches of 

 jflowers, is abundant. In late summer 

 the sweet pepperbush is there, laden 

 with its fragrant racemes ; in winter, the 

 cheerful evergreen holly of glossy green 

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