FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
rounded mountains, which are fresh 
with the new foliage of spring. On the 
nearest hills the individual trees and 
their combinations into groups can be 
distinguished; but receding into the 
valleys and more distant slopes the 
forms and colors grow less distinct, till 
the tone becomes darker and at last 
melts into the familiar hazy blue of 
the distant hills. Looking again at the 
nearer hillsides, we recognize the tulip 
trees with their shapely crowns, clothed 
in a soft green and lifted somewhat 
above the general outline. The light 
green of the opening elms and sweet 
gums can be very well distinguished 
beyond the more shadowy beeches, 
ashes, and maples. The remaining 
spaces are occupied by hickories and 
chestnuts, still brown and leafless, and 
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