New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-12
a. much moisture sc equal breath Of soil devoted
10 trees the latter have far greater influence on the

10 trees latter have far greater influence on the
temperature.
II essy 70 prove by diTeo: facts snd thernomstcl
observstops that the cmsts along sssbosrt and IN
the interior bss undergone material change durng the
last severity yesr', and stsnty changing year By
year through sasignste except the destruc-
ton of our foress The Winters colder and there
is lsss snow aud the Summers hotter and more
dry. as lees Isia falls the evaporation from the eur
face Of the esrth is much greater tina: springs dis
sppesr, streams shrink into rauow dimensions. ard
ls1ds formerly fertile and productive become psrchei
srd dried up With iaiense heat. Humboldt records tae
fac. that the Winters of Salem Mass, instead Of
"bsvrg been rer deed more nnId cOnjsctursd from
"he eradication Of the forests bsve become colder by
40 Fabr. durng the last thiry three years."t The
winter Ct This article Can recall several examples
Of tie deieieIous effects Of cutting down forest 10
that part Of the eouDry where ne born and reared
While il stood the cleared feds adjacent were cov
cred during he Winter and Spring by protecting gar
ment Of snow produced unfsilDg and large crops Of
Winter whest, which never fourished after the wood
was cut off; and large sAd durable spring. under the
south tide Of the came orest, watch had been
dry since the settlement Of the locality, psrsd Of
for odd years, failed totally during several weeks of
every Sumner. Bat these only isolated examples.
To see the subject 10 ali its bearings, must look st
ii from commanding point OF view. Though
the direct effect Of one forest on the surrounding
try will often bsvey material apefson cannot create bis
Own climate by operations confined TO single square
mile of surface. Ii important effects are produced by
the removal Of wood that one or two score Of
scres whst must be the influence on whole country
Of ruthless destruction OF nnetentns Of its foress,
ard that too where the climate ranges between great
4 L. 4 ~xf1 lxx.r a1,aa, olaI
our ,or hspppees sboud often shape sbors
10 different purposes We bosst Of the discoveries the
improvements and the intelligence of the age of our
Numerous schools and the progress We have made ID
scieuee and the arts.
With oeIisiOD might we meet the cry Of our high
culture; for all moral rehsc;ion upon history
would tell US ths. Te have yet scarcely stiuggled on'
OF the mre Of the lowest degracaton aad DaIDarlsi
From the bsnd Of Nature DJan received the iHheri-
lance prepared for Dim, the vegetable and animal
worlds the d.ad matters and theu fOrces and nov
has he managed tins inheritance Ii he snau have 10
render ar account of IT, ~ be feared that here "a
every where, it will 20 hard with him.
I'll qure for what purposels tae vegetable world
the pGrt-cOored carpet otne earth Intended we ind
tbreeold answer. Toe mesi est purpose is undoubted
" 10 serve the common necessities of msIkind, then
pOuI hment and bsnd,crafts, III word tnelr econo-
N.Y. cal it the mesDes., because nature here mere
ly satsfes for each individual what, however refined
sod eloseed over by cultivation, are but animal re-
quiren ens. The port OF the vegetable world for
the r. ulsti0n Of the numerous and comprehensive
pbysics processes OF the esrth appears indeed more
lofty. The glos Of t1e African DESERT lis dy rainess
Dess ard the funess CT life 10 primevd foreets, With
their Of ram, obtain theiI peculiar character
stcs through the vegetable w0.d. Moisture and Dry
mere OF the atmosphere, warmth ana cold OF the SOIL
uniformity or variability Of climate sod the like
above al the lire Of sDnse, and final Of man 10 the
mgss have t0er conGitIoIs 10 the luxUisncs aud the
nature OF vegetation. Tois import Of vegetab life
does not Ieste 10 the solitary, miserable individual
but TO whole countries and regions TO asny successye
geperstons the possibility sDd facilities for whcs ex
istepce intimately bound up with the i'mat0n VI
the vegetable world as q wnolo L9slly, theie 10
third face which the word Of pladts msy turn toward
us without question the nobest and post exalted II
is like all nature the syDbIl Of tue E,emsi pehind
this play ofdead natural iorces aud tne producIs We
adore holy Author and sustaner. The vegetable
cresuoD is the rcn altar cloth OF the temple OF Goo
in which the recognition OF beauty aud su0hmity oi
forms constitutes the worsbip.
"And nsn in opposition TO the vegets bic world!
Altering mary THU gs he hes laid hls hands upon 1t,
ana tia great phases OF his history aie also cstaogusd
ON the green ssfo vegetation. But how nas ne nus
bspced II Where no temporary prom was ~ De de-
rivid from assisting nature, or even from leaving 1t
alone where the question concerned merely the mise
~ of thousand two Of his future feUox beings,
be has, with barbsrous rudeness, demolished ana de-
sroy ed for Thousands Of yesrs often kedy squsn
dered TIE eeed which God had vouchssfsd, not for
himself alone bat slsc for bis successors"
" Beauty, the expression of the divine IN nature,
yapi he'd before Sc .fsh prof. from the vegetable
sOrid and ut most, caring, with narrow hesrf, Tor
himself only tho individual ncoeed little space in
which he used ths beauty Of nature cot for worship,
but as a sensual pleasure. This s now the reality;
when years have passed, let us hope TO be
able to report better things; for do not despair Of
humanity"
This lorg extract from Schleiden, one of the most
emirent botansts and wrters of the sge), is so peril
nent to the subject that it s be pardoned. Testimo
n.y. in estsbshi, position principle, rests not only
upon facts and arguments bat upon authorities and
opinions.
I 1872 Views Of Nature"