The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-13
The EucnI,pius Tree.

The Eucalyptus Ir'''
The San Francisco Bullelln gives til
following account of the EucnlNplll
Gluhulus, or Australian gum tree, oil
tnined principally from MessrS. Sonln
Il Co., of san Francisco, who have CIV
On much attention to It's cultivation
''rhe eucalyptus Is invorably known Il
all residents of California, where pro
bably not less than one million tree
are planted. In this city, In front o
handsome residences, you will una !
with its magnificent dropping branch
es making an effective and graceful
shade tree.
In Oakland, the broad avenues ar
lined with them, eucalyptus forests ar'
planted in the country sIlrroundin!
Oakland, and, in fact in every county
of this state where the cold winter vii
permit it to live, the eucalyptus viii b'
found growing. The wonderful prop
critics of this tree have only within tn,
past few years been discovered and ap
precated. 1t is Justly claimed that
when the tree ilourishes in low, marshl
and feverish districts, all miasma viii
cease. 1t destroys the malarial ele-
ment in any atmosphere where II
grows, and is great absorbent ol
moisture, draining the subsoil almost
as thoroughly ms regular system OF
piping.
The eucalyptus is an evergreen, and
is found i'm its native country (Tasma-
nia) i'm boundless forests, both on the
hillside and in the lowlands, underthe
extremes of climates, both rs to heat
and cold, ranging from l3O' to w
Farenheit. Whether it will endure a
greater degree of cold we think has ~
yet been undetermined. 1t is, how
ever, worthy trial. Its remarkably
rapid growth is matter OF much sur
prise, attaining, as it does, Il maxi
mum height of about 800 feet, with n
circumference of from thirty to nifty
feet.
For timber and fuel ii is exceedingly
useful, being hard and easily worked,
and very serviceable for such purposes
as the keels of vessels, bridges, etc.,
where strength and durability are cs-
sential. IL is estimated that from
81 200, 900 to S50OO,0O0 in value of this
timber is exported annually from Aus
tralia. The leaves of this tree are OF II
dark, blush 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.
lion of water by the roots, causes The
beneficial influence DG the tree. II
bears small white flower, having no
OlOr,
IN consequence of its antifebrile
qualities the English government has
planted it extensively in the East In
lies and Africa, In feVerish districts,
with the most satisfactory results. In
France, Cuba, Spain, Mexico and
many other places where malaria,
fever, ague and many other pestilcn-
tial diseases prevailed, the eucalypti
have also been planted. The wonder
fu properties of this tree have been
discussed by many scientific institu-
tiops in Muroye. lin the Academy of
Sciences, III tliis city, its medicinal and
antimiasmatic qualities have received
considerable attention.
DR., Pigne Dupuytren testified before
that academy of the virtues of the eu-
calyptus, and stated that he and DIR.
D'Olivera> had tested 1t in the French
hospital. In the garden surrounding
this hospital, large Aaoaber Of
the trees are plap,ed for SAM
tsry purposes. It had been found eff
cdcioGs III the treatment Of affections
of the larynX and Of mucuuus men,
bvane ia general Experiments, care
fully made, have proved that in u
medicinal preparation it cures cases of
intermittent fever, against which qui-
nine alone proves powerless. III IS AZ
so valuable as u disintectSnt.
In Algeris IT, ?u,tiyAtion was under
taken 0l a large scale. Some l90aI
eucalypti were planted in an extreme
~ pestileptial aha unhealthy section,
where fever prevailed to great extent
every year. During the first year of
their growth, at the time when the
fever season used to set in, not single
case of fever occurred, YET the trees
were only nine ieet high, Since then
this place is reported free from its un-
welcome visitations. In the vicinity
of Constantinople, another fever spot,
marshly and sickly, the whole ground
was dried up by l4,00O of these trees.
In Cuba, marsh diseases are rapidly
disappearing upon the introduction of
this tree. A railway staticn III the de-
partment Of the Vas Wassd bestileptial
that the Officials could not remain
there longer than q year.
Forty of these trees were planted,
and the unhealthy condition Of the
place was changed. Two miles from
Haywar,ls, in this state, the surveyr
general planted two groves of the
eucalyptus, one of about ninety acri
and the other seventy acres, the whole
comprising abqut l5p,00Q trees. They
are now only about five years old, yet
many of the trees are forty To fifty feet
high, the whole making u most extern
siVe and beautiful foreit; for fuel and
| timber purposes being worth thousands
of dollars"