FOREST TREES 
the neighboring firs and spruces and 
unfolded its large, regular crown of 
dense dark foliage, relieved underneath 
by the thin, shining, silvery to golden- 
yellow bark, torn here and there into 
shreds that curled back upon them- 
selves around the stem. 
The white elm, well represented in 
the avenues of New England, is widely 
distributed. It is a tree for the mea- 
dow, although its natural grace and, 
one might almost say, inborn gentle- 
ness are preserved along the fringes 
of the forest and on the banks of 
streams. It needs some room to show 
the refinement of its closely interwoven 
spray. Watch its beauty as it sways 
in the light wind; or look at a grove of 
elms after a hoar-frost on some early 
morning in winter, when the leaves are 
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