FOREST TREES 
In the South, especially in Florida 
and along the Gulf, the cypress trees 
are likely to be overloaded with stream- 
ers of gray, mosslike tillandsia. This 
epiphytic plant, commonly known as 
“Florida moss” or “hanging moss,” 
sometimes hides the entire mass of 
foliage, and lends a funereal aspect 
to whole groves and forests of these 
trees, detracting much from their 
beauty. 
One of the prettiest coniferous trees 
in the East is the hemlock. "Whatever 
may be the prejudice against the com- 
mercial qualities of this tree,—for the 
value of its wood is not now appre- 
ciated as it should be,—its appear- 
ance is admired by all who know it. I 
call it “pretty” because it is fine and 
neat when young and grows to be 
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