FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
may be due to expanse and volume, 
depth of color, sunlight and shade, or 
to effects borrowed from the clouds. 
Finally, we notice another kind of 
grandeur when coniferous forests are 
visited by storms. First comes the 
moaning of the wind, mysterious and 
unsearchable, and different from the 
roar and rush that sweeps through 
the broadleaf woods. Then follows 
the uneasy communication from tree 
to tree, a trembling that spreads from 
section to section. When the rush 
of the wind finally strikes the tall, 
straight forms they do not sway their 
arms about as wildly as do the maples, 
elms, or tulip trees, but bend and sway 
throughout their length and rock ma- 
jestically. 
Not in outward aspect alone are 
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