New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
PARASITES N THE PARKS.

GENERAL VIELE RECOMMENDS sPRlNkLNG THE
LEAvEs-wHY TREES DIE.
In view of the fatality OF trees IN the parks
anA on tue Throughout the city TRIBUNE re-
porter Yesterday called upon General Nclc president
OF the Park Commission whorcache hind his desk AMI
brought forth two-nch thick limb OF an elm tree
which was about three fe t long Laying it in
the reporters hani the General said: Those
white AMI greelsh spots look pret;y you woHd think
them portion of the bark, bat they are not Thcy are
the parasites which kill the tree"
The reporter land the infected limb upon the table.
"Now, look through this magufying glass" contn-
ned General Vclc "and You will millions of the bugs
in that bark These parasites look exactly like the bark
OF elm. AMI are deceptive TO the eye. They literally
cover the growing branches OF tree, sticking as closely
as a human parasite to millionaire They suck the
from the tree before the tree gets the benefit OF H.
TINS species of parasite lives upon sap and there see ms
way escape from them. Even the most rigid
'quarantine, as might saV, ~ not entirety euecNe TOT
one parasite VIII aiect an entire p3rk s q, lew rag.
cause an epidemic lne parasite ron @ne 1leolop ot
will he blown tp healthy enc hy the first breeze that
sweeps through the park and until an of the trees
arc covered with parasites just like this stick.
The greatest care should hc cNerciSet III
cell ont he haS perhaps not taken proper care Of his
haps. We are now using the scrubblng brush rather
mot ipurous the Tree, but death to Inc parasite.
Another for the decay of shade trees IS the
ecssive amount OF dust, winch aGcumuAt.N upon tlc
leaves and Ills their pores. The leaves Of tree arc
ore covered over the cacct is about ihc same as closing
the pores of the human frame. would recommend tltt
hose. which would not only clear mem oi dus' p9' nave
general rcvyiiying and sap producing effect and which
,hc s' same Eh s ESlhs aa,dt hc human system. Ge cn
trees on finhav sadly need srrnNnT This infected
the number OF detective gns pipes throughout tle city
nni In the paks CAS- leaks through the Joints AMI ~
etroys vegetation That Is the reason We nave never
lighted Central Park nlt since electric liant wire.
with insulated coils have been placed there, vcclu -lt
the park with olortl,v. hcNcr the u.c of electricity
becomes general I'm this city the trees viii he hctrr pre-"
,ec'ed. IN thi. instance q, l'as, bu m lnsc cil.,-
ntt i' ioo anllroi'i' TO ntiuic h',gni mllHl,mth-
and developments .m U4 rlN snow men rIA.S
| saa as,c" s"n: d"a h"s hai Wr,in WI SIt hat p' N1 lo
shale ,tcos ncolcdto hide the doioas. lisaeico
ni,mtocual honutv I tliuk this city shows higher
class Of nicmociuc Wd ,enoal hwnlt of ih,sI onl
design than any n the Wurl except l0tis anil do NOT
thnk even Pals y,iy u CV',Is In wclnoss the u1't
I"n, po,oni, second io Uno hunitpd ar ,tt,nth sls
which s ono lundr,d f'ct wide. with rd"Npls uhN
ioo wide Win dohic tovs o t,cos on c,o ond foot
utnss plot on each slo oi ,Ho tfoca add to The beauty
'"Kudlber cn'sc orc dc,o, Of slpdo lrccs lining ,hc
,,,esls to lhg sraM '.'g@5 g, :" s'lg TO- Nos g' r
course, Kills the Roots rhln h especially tho cosc mar
nus It II quite dnconl How long wolid II shado tree
!csclalo on Pine or wan IT, amid Tho pewine m,d
tramping of tho 'hulln' ana h'nra They Wonld dio
before The parasites got on th'in"
DENELOrMkNf AND SUPPRESSION or
PmTnsIs.-Dr, Albrccht. OF Neuchat.l, la, submitted
many OF his patient, in the Chidlcn'- Hospital Bern
to the nhlton- of OXYGEN, with view to a-cerlanne
II, effects upon the Development of phthiss and neither
by increasing the rate Of organic combustion by this
the bactcriun OF consumption would not be de-
stroyed and eliminated from the system. The subjects
tuberculous patients, in whose cxpectoraon the
bacerum of phthisis had been discovered with certainty
on several occasions The patients were first submitted
e. appropriate highly nutritious diet, consisting Of
milk ami pcptOne and twice week they were weighed
with great care IL observed that soon the
oxygen iuhdatiOn. began the daily loss of weight
checked. aud In cases the weight increased,
dyspn8a diminished. and the number OF bacteria
nnder The mlcrnscmne anncarel smaller.