FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
suggest neither forestry proper, nor 
landscape forestry, nor even land- 
scape art. In them nature speaks for 
herself. The tasteful and well judged 
construction of roads and trails that 
shall be in harmony with the scenes 
through which they pass, or, better 
still, that shall be as unobtrusive as 
possible, is evidently a necessity if the 
parks are to be enjoyed by large num- 
bers of people. In exceptional cases 
the ax may be needed for the very 
preservation of the forest. But the 
principal care should be to protect 
these forests from fire, defacement, 
and spoliation. For to us and future 
generations the parks stand, above 
all, as examples of the glory of our 
primeval forests. 
The groves of big trees in the na- 
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