FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
plaintive and clear, that drive away all 
harshness of thought. 
Let us again consider the under- 
growth in the forest. Where shrubs 
and tender growths abound the wintry 
season cannot be desolate or dreary. 
When the display of summer is over 
they attract the eye by their bright 
fruits and their habits of growth. Their 
branchlets are often strikingly pretty in 
color and well set off against the snow. 
Their intricate traceries of twig and 
stem are an interesting study. The 
copses of brown hazels that spread 
along the mountain side and the dusky 
alders or yellow-tinted willows are in 
perfect harmony with this season of 
the year. 
It is by crowding into masses that 
our shrubs of brighter blossom produce 
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