CHAEACTEE OF BEOADLEAF FOEESTS 



woods, too, are the favored haunts of 

 the songbirds, for here they find the 

 glint of sunshine that they so much 

 delight in. 



A similar warmth of expression be- 

 longs to the leafy woods of other 

 regions. If we compare ][!^ew Eng- 

 land with Pennsylvania, we shall find 

 that the broadleaf forests of the latter 

 are denser and more continuous, while 

 they are at the same time richer in the 

 variety of trees, shrubs, and other 

 forms of embellishment, which find here 

 a milder air and a richer soil. Spring- 

 time is more luxuriant and replete with 

 happy surprise and change. But while 

 these forests are perhaps more elabo- 

 rate than those of southern New Eng- 

 land, I cannot say that they impress 

 me as being so homelike and engaging. 

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