FOREST ADORNMENT 
Lastly, there are the true owners of 
the forest: the bird that hovers round 
its borders; the free, chattering squir- 
rel; the casual butterfly that leads us to 
the flowers; and the large game that in- 
habits the hidden recesses and adds an 
element of wildness and strange attrac- 
tion to these quiet haunts. 
All this wealth of detail gives life to 
the forest. The shrubs, above the rest, 
should here interest us somewhat more 
minutely. They are often the most con- 
spicuous objects in the embellishment of 
the forest; and since our investigation 
was to be guided to some extent by con- 
siderations of usefulness, it ought to be 
added that shrubs not infrequently exer- 
cise a beneficial influence on the vigor 
and well-being of the trees themselves. 
Trees, shrubs, and certain of the 
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