The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-05-16

An Account OF its Peculiar PrOperties-
It's Remarkable Absorption OF

It's Remarkable ABSORPTION 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 flour
ishes in low, marshy, and feverish dis
tricts all miasma will cease. 1t destroys
the malarial element in any atmosphere
where it grows, and is 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
| $50 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit. WhethO
it will endure a greater degree OF colo
we think has as yet been undetermined.
| 1t is. however, worthy trial. Its re-
marLably rapid growth Is matter of
| much surprise attaining as it does, a
maximum height of about 800 feet,
/ with a circumference of from 80 to 80
| feet. For timber and fuel 1t is exceed
| ingly useful, being hard and easily
/ worked, and very serviceable Tor such
/ purposes as the keels of vessels, bridges,
/ etc, where strength and durability are
| essential. 1t is estimated that from
81. 600, 600 to SIS, 900, 900 in value of this
! timber IS exported annually from Aus
| tralia. The leaves of this tree are of q
| dark blush color, about ten inches
/ long, an inch wide, thin and oddly
! twisted. They exhale q strong cam
| phor-like odor, quite agreeable and
| pleasant, which, with the large absorb
| tion of water by the roots, causes the
! beneficial influence of the tree. 1t
I n
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. La France,
! Cuba, Spain, Mexico, and many other
places where malaria, fever, ague, and
other residential diseases prevailed, the
eucalypti 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.
| Rhyme Dupuyten testified before that
academy of the virtues of the Eucalyp
tus, and stated that he and DR.. Dol
vera had tested il In the French hospital.
In the garden surrounding this hospital
large number of trees are planted foI
sanitary purposes. 1t had been found
| efficacious in the treatment of affections
of The laryDx and of mucous mem.
brane in general. Experiments, care
| fully made, have proved that in a medi-
cinal preparation it cures cases of inter
mittent fever, against which quinine
alone proves powerless. It IS also val
liable as a disinfectant.
In Algeria ifs cultivation was md or.
taken on a large scale. Some ID, 0OC
eucalypti were planted in an extremely
pestilential and unhealthy section, where
fever prevailed TO a great extent every
year. During the first year of then
| growth, at the time when the fever sea
son used to set in, not a single case oi
fever occurred, yet the trees we're only
nine feet high. Since then this place Il
reported free from its unwelcome vista
tions.
In the vicinity of Constantinople, an
other fever spot, marshy ana sickly. tn,
whole ground was dried up by IA 00(
of these trees. In Cuba, marsh disease:
40 rapidly disappearing upon the IL
PRODUCTION of this tree. A railway sta
ton in the de- artment 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 unhealthJ yeendition of the place wa
changed.
Two miles from Haywards, in this
state, the surveyor general planted two
groves of the Eucalyptus, one of about
ninety acres and other seventy neres
the whole comprising about 80, 00C
trees. They are now only about five
years old, vet many of the trees are
| forty feet biob the whole making 4
most extensive and beautiful forest
for fuel and timber purposes being
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