FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
ington and the redwoods of California, 
which are probably the densest and 
heaviest in the world; in the crowded 
Engelmann spruce and alpine fir groves 
common to certain soils and situations 
in Colorado; and in the dense tracts of 
lodgepole pine scattered throughout 
the mountains of the West. In the 
East the same tendency is illustrated 
by the better sections of the Adirondack 
spruce forests and the splendid pineries 
that once covered the Great Lake re- 
gion. If we call to mind these exten- 
sive examples, we realize how the coni- 
fers ever strive to build a dense and 
impenetrable forest. That they are ca- 
pable of a like growth in other parts 
of the world also, will be attested by 
those who have seen the spruce and fir 
forests of Germany and France. 
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