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tana—The Bad Lands—Colors of decay—Plateaus and 
steppes—The primeval tracts—The American prairie— 
Prairie fires—Treeless tracts—The roll of the divides and 
swales—Prairie wildness—Nature’s revenges—The wil- 
derness again—Flat plains—Low-lying tracts by sea or 
river—The livable lands—Sky and horizon once more— 
The marshes and meadows—Reeds and rushes—Flags 
—-Beauty of the commonplace—The marsh landscape— 
Near to civilization—The bottom-lands--Swamps and 
jungles...... aigigaiaacs Bienaee as ex eetuates Kaci wegen LOD 
Cuapter XIII. Leaf and Branch.—The New World 
vegetation—The foliage in America—Timber growths— 
Variety of forests—Depths of the timber—The “ Big 
Woods”’—Botanical classes of trees—Tree characteris- 
tics—Tree forms—Branch ramifications—The pathetic 
fallacy—The so-called sentiment of trees—-Life of the oak 
—-Tree motion—Sounding-trees--Leaves in motion— 
Trees in storm-—Winds in the forest—Bare boughs—In 
March—The March harmony—Warming color—The 
budding season—Summer foliage—Variety of the greens 
—Light transformations— Swift color-changes—The 
trees in blossom—Blossom storms—Autumn glory— 
Indian summer—The scarlet foliage—Harmony of the 
scarlet landscape—Nature’s sacrifices—Tree contrasts— 
Tropical forests—American forests—European wood- 
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Cuaprer XIV. Earth Coverings.—Trees and shrubs— 
Bush growths—The substitutes of nature—Laurel and 
rhododendron—California chapparal—Sage brush—Up- 
land bushes—Common growths—Wild roses—Growths 
under shadow—Fern and bracken—Scotch heather— 
Heather color--Golden-rod—Blue asters—Rushes and 
