FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
blest plants, the liverworts and mosses 
and the lichens that so beautifully 
stain the rocks and color the stems of 
trees. A close study of all their deli- 
cate and tender characters, both of 
form and color, is always a revelation. 
Among these lowlier plants it is no 
uncommon sight in the depth of win- 
ter to see a field of fern sending a 
thousand elegant sprays through the 
light snow-covering; or half a dozen 
kinds of mosses, all of different green, 
but every one pure and_ brilliant, 
gleaming in the shadow of some drip- 
ping rock. Between the rock and 
its ice cap, covered by the latter but 
not concealed from view, there is a 
fine collection of the most delicate 
little liverworts and grasses, herbs with 
tender leaves, and even flowers, it may 
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