The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-23
QOHle and farm.
SsuufaT~-iiu= sIiasmaiic IN
EueHcrS.

SsIgHcCs.
Tho 'a-as. sensation IN trees Is the
z5,eq,,q.as gls6,slps, IN Australian
tree xfich Is said 20 possess the
mower Of deco5nposing and rendering
n;,sma iunocuous, and thus wardIng
off tie liai.ity 20 diseases incident to
wzrm and uar-hy countries. The
c,uraoa sauiio~er possesses this at
tribu,s in an eminent degree; "a was
tops since stated in the Western RI
raj The late Mr. Ellsworth, years
,go the head of The Patent Office,
carly called attention TO the value Of
sanfiower leaves, when smoked after
the manner Of tobacco, in pulmonary
diseases. Lately, its value as an ar
rester of miasma has been recognized.
The fact i, all trees possess this pow
er to a greater or lesser extent and
are therefore valuable in this dlrec-
ION as vel as for win3breaks, in
which direction alone they will ten
fold repay their cost in any prairie
country.
in relation 20 this now famous tree,
Eacaly1,tus gloJHtas, it Is said to have
The singular property Of absorbing
ten times its weight Of water from
the soil, and Of emitting antiseptic
camphoreus effluyia The first prop
erty is not singular. Many trees, the
wiIlows, for instance, have the same
property /; and if it destroys miasma
1t is probably nos from its camphor-
Gus efiluyia. We do not wish TO be
understood as say ing that the tree in
question does not possess the power
of rendering Eliasma innocuous, for
all trees possess this power TO
greater or less extent; but we would
rather advise our readers not TO order
it in large qusntities,-frst because,
being rare, it will be exceedingly
high-priced and second, beng
tropical or semi-tropical plant, 1t
probably will be very tender.
The following facts in relation TO 1t
may not, however, be uninteresting
TO our readers. The English, who
tried iC at the Cape Of Good Hope,
assert that within two or three years
Trey completely changed the climatic
condition the unhealthy parts Of
the colony. A few years later, its
plantation was undertaken on a large
scale in various parts Of Algeria. At
PaTdOcS, twenty miles from Algeria,
p i:.rin situated on the banks Of the
Ilamyze was noted for lis extremely !
pestiIential air. In the Spring of
1867, about $4,000 eucalyptic were
planted there. In July Of the same )
year-the time when the fever season
used to set in-not 4 single case Oc-
Cured; yet the trees were not more !
than nine feet high. Since then a
complete immunity from fever has !
been maintained. In the neighbOr- !,
hood OF Constantine, a farm was COW
ered with marshes both in Winter
md Summer. In FIVE years the
Whole ground vas dried up by 1900
If these trees, and the inhabitants
lad excellent health. At the factory
If the Cue de Constantine, in three
Iears a plantation of eucalyptus has :,
twelve acres of marshy
'oil into magnificent park, whence
ever has completely disappeared. In
he island of Cuba, this and all other
,aludal diseases are fast disappearing 7
rom all the unhealthy districts where
his tree has been introduced. A e
tation house at one of the ends OF e
railway viaduct in the Department
f the Var was so pestilential that the u
fliciaIs could not be kept there long a
r than a year. Forty of these trees b
Tere planted, and it is now as healthy el
6 any other place on the line. 81
This is undoubtedly good testimony, Il
nd yet there is nothing absolutely ts
Ii the tree really possesses "
he merits as stated, 1t should really b
'e OF immense value in oar Cult and tC
,outhern Atlantic coast. North, il ot
viii undoubtedly continue only as an b
xo;ic cultivated in our greenhouses d
merely as a curiosity. b