FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
spaces within this region that bear 
dense forests, notwithstanding the bar- 
ren soil and the austere climate; for- 
ests that have been but little or in no 
wise disturbed, and whose expression 
differs in an unmistakable manner 
from the opener growth of the broad- 
leaf forests of the Hast. 
Denser than these and more awe- 
inspiring are the forests of the States 
bordering the Pacific. Here the mois- 
ture from the sea, an equable climate, and 
a generous soil, have produced the tall 
and somber red firs, the stately hemlocks 
and cedars, the redwoods of the coast, 
and the consummate beauty and mag- 
nificence of those opener groves of big 
trees, sugar pines, and bull pines, that 
have always commanded the admiration 
and wonder of visitors to that region. 
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