CHARACTER OF BROADLEAF FORESTS 
is sometimes made to produce an im- 
pression by contrasts in form and color, 
but too often the outcome is mere con- 
spicuousness; while nature, in some 
subtle way, has touched the true chord. 
| Forest scenery, however, need not be 
as extensive as this in order to add ap- 
preciably to the beauty of landscape. In 
the valley of southern Virginia, among 
the peach orchards and sheep farms, 
low hills lie scattered on both sides of 
the valley road. The mountain ranges 
beyond them recede to a great distance, 
and are partly hidden from view by 
these intervening hills. The latter, 
however, are decked with bits of wood- 
land: groves of oak, chestnut, and 
beech, where the horseman on sunny 
summer days finds a welcome coolness 
and shade. ‘Would these sylvan spots 
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