FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
cept in certain forests on flats and 
levels, nor do they necessarily lie 
side by side in the consecutive order of 
size and age. Finally, the high forest 
also differs from the coppice in the 
manner of its origin; for, while the 
former owes its existence to seedlings 
that have grown up spontaneously, or 
been sown or planted, the coppice is a 
young forest that has sprouted from 
the stumps of trees that have been cut. 
Thus the high forest, while it may 
be compared with the coppice in its 
construction, is yet in certain respects 
so different from it as to convey a very 
distinct impression. I here disregard 
the younger portions of the forest, for, 
in the light of the present discussion, 
they are merely preparatory to the 
mature forest, destined to be useful 
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