, 1909-06-26
''BOYCING"

'BOICING"
From TIE "Daiy Irgosy." alag s, 1903.
Our low lying town ia generally admired
by casual visitors, trlppors md many of our
OWL citizens, because Of our broad streets,
many Of which are intersected by canals,
filed with water, that would do honour to-
the Queen City of the Adriutic and also
because of the thousands Of trees with
which the town i7 planted. A view such as
is afforded from the Romnu Catholic Catho-
dral tower or the Lighthouse reveals q city
that has been rightly called "tho Garden
City" "AForest City" may, perhaps, be
q better appellat.ou. The city is IL mass Of
trees, and only q few of the more stately
buildings are visible, but many Of the
smaller houses and all the cottages are
completely hidden from view. Mr.. WABY'
III ms "IRoP1CAL GARDENING, - states that
III Georgetown con al sides may bo seen
"trees huddlcd together, planted without
1.-THE least thought aa to their ultimate size.
several larRe-groWing trees occupying the
space which should have been allotted
ito one, with no idea Of usefulness or
"benuty'' And elsewhere the same practi-
cal expert ~, is that "the ~crowding OF
'large-growinE trees into spaces not large
"cnouah sometimes for as many smaller
growing Kinds il q very common fault.
land one for which there is very little
excuse, as a little forothought would pre-.
went it,"
SIR RUBERr BoYoE gives other md more
coRout reasons why SO many trees should
not be allowed to grow in SO prolific q
manner. They, he asserts, prevent the
Lealth-givjng lrcczcs md The light from
penetrating our houses. The trade winds
that pr, vail here the greater part of the
year were wont to be called "tho doctor"
in days Of yore, and when they ceased for e
while old coloni~ts w~istfully sighed for the
advent Of the doctor" They recognized
the value of the seR-breezee md took care to
have but very few trees between their houses
and tho Atlantic.
Within the last thirty yeara the civic au-
thorities and the citizens have We'd with each
other in planting up our town with trees
good, bad, md ind fferent, with the result
that we have n forest in our midst, contain.
ing trees which are u~selesss either for eco,
homie or aesthetic purposes, Sir hubert
Boyce has declared war against the trees.
and were we to listen to this scientist we
should have to danndo orr town OF trees
with the exception of the "fan-leafed" and
Feather loafed" palms, He AYERS that sick
ness is caused by trees that obstruct both
light and wind and several citizens ACQUIRED
with adze and knife have begun to wage
war against the vegetable kingdom. and a new
word has been coined, which we have placed
at tho head of this article-Boycing. Ire
land has given Us a very comprehensiv 70
word in rBoycotting," and now the Emerald
Isle has supplied us with anothor-"Boycing."
Several of the citizens, including the acting
Governor, are now employed in "boycing'
trees. The word has made good Roadway,
and possibly the visit of the well-known
scientist will never be forgotten if the newly
made word takes root hero. There is no
doubt whatever that the town is overgrown
with rubbish of all kinds, aud if some of the
trees are used for %hrewood, the health of the
town IS improved, the dread plague Of