Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-09-12
From the Tnti..r LA Lctg"r.
TREES IN CCNELCTI3a WITH HEALTH

The advantages IF planting trees, in great
cities, on the score of h~l.'h, afo FIR from being a.
generally understood Ns they Shpuit BIZ. In The
wiUe economy Of nature, tho vegetable and animal
world mutually balance each ulHer, TIA one IFCeth.
ing out carbon, which luo o'A'r ltkps ur, mad thGt
other living on the oxygen witch he hr-t throws
off. Even the most i%.Hn'Hnt negroes .; too Sogth
practically understand tie ul.lity If %rriugiug the
animal and vegetable worii r goDLcr, Tor ihsy tell
YOU, whom asked why ti,cy ;IiNt -9u lo~crs
around their Tic-stio+, Lin make ii,n h"aiDhy,
massa." The filihcir u n',go j. from animal c.ha-
lations. the more necessity there i for plants. and
the rarker they sho'.li hc. II II vas ~pj--itle to
have the narrow alloys of gr"at cities y led
with trees, the types fcTCT. Which now rsvases
such quarters, would probably le almost abolished
for the carbon aud ammonia which are thrO"n OF
from the human heirrs huiliei together there,
would be taken up ty he vegetation, and not leli,
as now, 20 poison the Uurespheie.
1t has been lately susgestei that tho fever and
ague might be avoi !ei in districts scourscd By
that terrible disease by setting cut !aukiy growing
plants between the iuirrii rs marshes AID the
points endangered hy tie n;asm0. ~ he national
observatory, in Washington, the EXPERIMENT. was
tried, last summer, of planting snuflorers II the
foot of tho lawn, 20 ~ 70 screen ,he hOusc from
the marshes, and vi,ll signal snocc.s, for though
the fever and aSue prevailed eyeryS here around, il
was absent FROM the observatory for the first time
for years. The ex pertinent is Ia lie repeated this
year in q better rannrr. in nr,tor 10 determine
whether the exemption Wa4 merely a coincidence,
or more. Lieut.. MrnFy, who suggested the trial,
assuming that the plants caused the eEemption,
attributes i; TO the cbn>llnptIon, ny tho suGtip Eors,
of the deleterous miismt evolved by the marshes.
This may be So, though the suggestion would b,
more philosophical. il the mjs.ma originated in
the decay of animal matter. Experience has
proved, moreover, that any shelter, such as 4 belt
Of woods, an intervening high ground, or other
obstruction. will protect 4 paniculsr sp0, from
inernittent fever, though all the usiEhtUrho0d
may be ravaged By the disorder.
But trees, however healthy in the vicinity Of
human babitations, should not he planted too neal
a dwelling. In cities. there is iltle danger of con,
sequences from this, for trees, however close TO
house, rarely grow hiEh enough TO oyershsdow it
But many country residences are rendered sickly
for being too thickly uncovered among the trees
Sunlight and fresh air are Indispensable 20 health
Show us a cottage, or Old fsshionei msnoriaI.l ik,
country house, Oyersnadowei hY trees, so Oh,
rooms are always half dsrkened, aud the rsir
drops on the root after showers, and ce will shoy
you a place where rheumatism coils, teyere sn,
chills prevail, according TO the geological peculiar
tiles of the district and the individual ~constitu
tons of the inmates. In cities. Ehere animal liz
predomindtss, more vegetation ia required for III
+. general health. But in the country, where veg
etable life is in the ascendant, trees, though the
may be property pl&utei so az to screen a hous
fr0m the winter winds, or to exclude the imperti
nent gaze Of strangers, should never be allowed t
approach near tho dwciling.