FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
course, we cannot but notice the atten- 
uated forms and jagged edges of the 
trees, which, indeed, are interesting 
enough in themselves; but on look- 
ing gradually into the distance we 
find them thatching into one another, 
closing up interstices and smoothing 
away irregularities in a remarkable 
way. ‘This is particularly true of the 
spruces and firs; but in some of the 
opener pine forests, as, for example, in 
the longleaf pines of the South, the 
boughs and crowns themselves are 
rounded into masses and pleasing 
contours. It should be remembered, 
also, that these effects are present in 
winter as well as in summer. 
The element of softness is sometimes 
brought into very beautiful association 
with certain effects of mists and clouds. 
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