FOREST ADORNMENT 



be separated here and there. Indeed, 

 it is often most interesting when inter- 

 rupted by large granite boulders and 

 jumbles of rocks, Tvith the clean gray 

 shade of which it forms a fine contrast 

 on a clear morning. 



If we loot still farther up toward 

 some higher slopes, miles away, we 

 shall see only a uniform and contin- 

 uous stretch of low brush that appears 

 at that great distance hardly otherwise 

 than a green pasture clothing the bar- 

 ren mountain. As we walk toward it 

 the bluish-green changes to a bronze- 

 green, and then suddenly we recognize 

 the broad sweep of chemisal, with a 

 few scattered scrubby oaks and moun- 

 tain mahogany in between. 



In the account of forest embellish- 

 ment should be included those hum- 

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