FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
leaf, with smooth surfaces, glossy and 
dark green above, silken and silvery 
below, is one of the most attractive to 
be found. Its flower cannot help being 
beautiful, for beauty is the heritage of 
all the magnolias. Often, however, 
half the pure ivory cups lie hidden in 
the leaves, to surprise us on a closer 
approach with their beauty and sweet 
fragrance. Altogether this favored 
shrub is one of the most exquisite ob- 
jects of decoration, whether in the 
swamp, along brooksides, or through 
the damp places of the forest. 
The hawthorns, which, like the 
sweet magnolia, occur both as trees 
and as shrubs, combine varied forms 
of attractiveness, such as compound 
flowers of white or pinkish hue; sharply 
edged, elegantly pointed leaves; bright 
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