FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
Thus, in the southern half of New 
England woodland scenery is marked 
by a peculiar expression of quiet 
gladness. Whether it be in small 
farm woods among low hills, or in 
continuous forest, as in the Berkshires, 
there is the same happy choice in 
bright and cheerful trees: maples, 
birches, elms, and others; some bright 
with early spring blossoms, some add- 
ing to the variety of color by their bark 
or shining leaves, others agile of leaf 
and bough in the frequent breezes. 
Here we find an abundance of oaks, 
trees whose fresh, glossy leaves seem 
to be specially well fitted to purify the 
air, for there is a distinct and refresh- 
ing odor in oak forests. We find an 
ample choice of tender, springy plants 
among the moist rocks. These smaller 
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