The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-05-21
rae RUCALYPTUs TRER.
An Account OF its Peculiar Properties
It's Remarkable Absorption OF

LAh LLEhlaEt1ADAG AD80L EsAAOA OF
Malaria.
The wonderful properties of this tree
have only within the past few years
been discovered and appreciated. 1t Is
Justly claimed that when the tree -four
ishes In low, marshy, and feverish dis
tricts all miasma viii cease. 1t destroys
the malariaI element IN any atmosphere
Whereit grows, and Is a great absorbent
of moisture, draining the sub-soil al
most as thoroughly as a regular system
of piping.
The Eucalyptus is an evergreen, and
is found in its native country, Tasmania,
In boundless forests, both on the hill
side and in the lowlands, under ex-
tremes of heat and cold, ranging from
40 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Whether
it will endure a greater degree of cold
we think has as yet been undetermined.
It is, however. worthy a trial. Its re-
markably rapid growth is a matter of
much surprise attaining as it does, a
maximum height of about 800 feet,
with a circumference of from 80 to so
feet. For timber and fuel 1T IS exceed
ingly useful, being hard and easily
worked, and very serviceable for such
purposes as the keels of vessels, bridges,
etc, where strength and durability are
essential. It is estimated that from
81, 600, 900 to So, 600, 900 in value of this
timber is exported annually from Aus
tralia. The leaves of this tree are of a
dark-bluish color, about ten inches
long, an inch wide, thin and oddly
twisted. They exhale a strong cam
phor-like odor, quite agreeable and
pleasant, which, with the large absorp-
ton of water by the roots, causes the
beneficial influence of the tree. 1t
bears small white flower. having no
odor. In consequence of its antifebrile
qualities the English government has
planted it extensively in the East Indies
and Africa, In fever districts, with the
most satisfactory results. Ia France,
Cuba, Spain, Mexico, and many other
places whore nnalaria, foyer, ague, and
other pestilentiaI diseases prevailed, the
eucalypi have also been planted.
The wonderful properties of this tree
have been discussed by many scientific
institutions in Europe. In the acade-
my of sciences in this city its medicinal
and ante-miasmatic qualities have re-
| ceived considerable attention. DIR.
Rigne Dupuyten testified before that
academy of the virtues of the Eucalyp-
tus, and stated that he and DR.. Doll
vera had tested it In the French hospital.
In the garden surrounding this hospital
a large number of trees are planted for
sanitary purposes. It had been found
efficacious in the treatment of affections
of the lArynx and of mucous mem
brane in general. Experiments, care
fully made, have proved that in a medi-
| cinaI preparation it cures cases of inter
mittent fever, against which quinine
alone proves powerless. It Is also val
liable as a disinfectant.
Tn lOaria ito cultivation VOC md ar
taken on a large scale. Some 13, O0C
eucalypti were planted in an extremely
| pestilential and unhealthy section, where
fever prevailed TO a great extent every
| year. During the first year of theil
/ growth, at the time when the fever sea
son used to set in, not a single case Of
! fever occurred, yet the trees we're only
nine feet high. Since then this place i
! reported free from its unWelcome vista
tions.
In the vicinity of Constantinople, an
other fever spot, marshy and sickly, the
whole ground was dried up by IA ,OOC
of these trees. In Cuba, marsh disease,
are rapidly disappearing upon the IL
PRODUCTION of this tree. A railway sta
ton in the DEPARTMENT of the Var wa,
SO pestilential ..that the officials could
not remain there longer than a year
Forty of these trees were planted, anC
the unhealthy condition of the place wal
changed.
Two miles from Haywards, in thi!
state, the surveyor-generaIp planted two
groves of the Eucalyptus, one of abou
ninety acres and other seventy acres
the whole comprising about 100, O0(
trees. They are now only about fiv,
years old, yet many of the trees ar,
forty feet high, the whole making
most extensive and beautiful forest
for fuel and timber purposes beins
worth thousands of dollars.-Sa1 Fran
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