" It would have been possible to avoid these exaggerations and 

 the disappointments which followed as a consequence if, instead 

 of regarding these plantations from a theoretical point of view, the 

 public had begun by studying their results in the very home of 

 the Eucalypti. It would then have been known in time that 

 even in the southern hemisphere, where the Kucalypti thrive 

 better than with us, there are forests of Eucalypti in which 

 malaria reigns supreme, as has been stated by Prof. Liversidge, of 

 the University of Sydney. In Italy, although the newspapers had 

 persuaded everyone that the farm of the ' Tre Fontane,' near 

 Rome, had become healthful by means of the Eucalypti, it proved 

 a disagreeable surprise to learn of a sudden outbreak of malaria in 

 1882 that caused much sickness among the farm hands, while the 

 rest of the Campagna remained particularly healthful. 



" The experiments with the Eucalypti at ' Tre Fontane ' are 

 interestmg and instructive. On the road to Ostia,at about 3 miles 

 from l?ome, is situated the abbey of the ' Tre Fontane.' There is 

 a monastery of Trappist monks there, who, for many years, -have 

 been endeavouring to improve the land adjacent to the monastery 

 by means of setting out extensive vineyards, draining the soil and 

 planting the Eucalyptus. It was reported that the hygienic 

 condition of the locality had been much improved, and this 

 improvement was ascribed by the public and the Government to 

 the planting of the Eucalyptus by the Trappists ; hence it was 

 decided to extend the setting out of these trees. 

 ocf'Jr ,^^^^^^*^*® *>is experiment, the Government in 1880 

 established an agricultural colony of penitentiary convicts and 

 put them m quarters near the monastery, that is, on that part of 

 iw^ "f • '"PP°'^^ *"* ^""^^ ^^'^^^5' ^^^^ improved by the 

 Eucalypti. The convicts were surrounded by hygienic conditions 

 fndTnT'^Ii^V^^'" ^^ *?' agricultural labourers of the Campagna, 

 and, notwithstanding this, nearly all the convicts were taken 

 down with malarial fever, more or less severe, in 1880. The 

 Irappists started the setting out of the Eucalyptus in 18^0. 

 of"thr"Tl*^p'T°'''^°^ ^^*^°^" ^^ 1^^-' ^11 «f the inhabitants 

 lJ^\i I^'^^^'^K. ^^""^ attacked. The Trappists, it would 

 convir.f« W r Tf ^^f^^ ^"^^^'' ^'^t ^^1 suffered. sUe of the 

 had a «pi . \f ^^''l'^"'^ «"^^"^ «**^^^«- ^'early every guard 

 wer« nn r.f*^f ' ^^^ ^"^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ changed. There 



E^lmt?Z If^T^t '■<'"'"' "' '0 'he hygiemc effects of the 



tWinter otltV"J"'l' '"P™'™^- " " ^^ '»" of -P daring 

 the wmter of our hemisphere, it is frequently killed by a freeze, 



