FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
As compared with the leaf of its con- 
gener, that of the red maple is firmer 
and a shade lighter, especially under- 
neath. It is also more agile in the 
wind. The effect of the whole is 
more that of a shower of foliage than 
of pillowed masses. The curving lines, 
the elastic spring of every part, and a 
kind of freedom among the many leaves, 
make the red maple one of the cheer- 
fullest of trees. 
The sugar maple is the larger of the 
two, and seeks the intervales and up- 
lands, where its size is well set off in 
the landscape. The red maple, which 
finds its natural home along river- 
banks and in moist places, is interest- 
ing at all seasons. When young it is 
particularly attractive in summer where 
it fringes lakes and streams. In winter 
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