CHARACTER OF BROADLEAF FORESTS 
by rusty-hued oaks, which are only 
just beginning to break their buds. 
Within the leafless portions of the wood 
an occasional dash of bright yellow or 
creamy white, not quite concealed, 
shows where the sassafras or dogwood 
is in bloom. The crests and ridges, 
however, are likely to be occupied by 
groups and bands of pines, while the 
sides of the mountain brook will be 
studded with cedars and hemlocks. 
In such scenery, if it be natural, 
there is no vulgarity and no faultiness 
of design. With all the variety there 
is still a fitness in form, color, and ex- 
pression. It is rough, but pure in 
taste. For instance, the pine groves 
on the mountain ridges are not sharply 
defined in their margins and thus sepa- 
rated from the rest of the forest, but 
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