CHAEACTEE OP BEOADLEAF POEESTS 



by rusty-hued oaks, which are only 

 just beginning to break their buds. 

 Within the leafless portions of the wood 

 an occasional dash of bright yellow or 

 creamy white, not quite concealed, 

 shows where the sassafras or dogwood 

 is in bloom. The crests and ridges, 

 however, are likely to be occupied by 

 groups and bands of pines, while the 

 sides of the mountain brook will be 

 studded with cedars and hemlocks. 



In such scenery, if it be natural, 

 there is no vulgarity and no faultiness 

 of design. With all the variety there 

 is still a fitness in form, color, and ex- 

 pression. It is rough, but pure in 

 taste. For instance, the pine groves 

 on the mountain ridges are not sharply 

 defined in their margins and thus sepa- 

 rated from the rest of the forest, but 

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