FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 



may be due to expanse and volume, 

 depth of color, sunlight and shade, or 

 to effects borrowed from the clouds. 

 Finally, we notice another kind of 

 grandeur when coniferous forests are 

 visited by storms. First comes the 

 moaning of the wind, mysterious and 

 unsearchable, and different from the 

 roar and rush that sweeps through 

 the broadleaf woods. Then follows 

 the uneasy communication from tree 

 to tree, a trembling that spreads from 

 section to section. When the rush 

 of the wind finally strikes the tall, 

 straight forms they do not sway theu- 

 arms about as wildly as do the maples, 

 elms, or tulip trees, but bend and sway 

 throughout their length and rock ma- 

 jestically. 



Not in outward aspect alone are 

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