" THE LEAVES OF THE TREE Were FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS." 47 



to the young and rising generation, the hope and confidence of this country? Spray- 

 ing fruit trees in orchards and gardens means danger of a probable contact with 

 other plants and fruits in the near neighborhood, greatly endangering their use, 

 bnt the most common form of danger is to the domestic cow or the sheep that is 

 allowed to graze upon the tender grass or herb found growing in those gardens or 

 orchards. This grass is as surely and certainly doctored as these trees themselves 

 are, and the danger of using it is as virulent and deathly. In the face of all these 

 considerations, considerations of immense importance and frought with serious con- 

 sequences to us, we must certainly conclude that to rely upon the constant use of 

 tnese deadly poisons for our fruit delicacies is not, to say the least, a safe thing to 

 do. 



"Let us now for a moment consider the case as "it stands in respect to fungus" 

 (results from atmospheric putridity). " What is fungus? Well, it is in the first 

 place, a sure and certain indication of disease and impaired vitality, or bad 

 health, if you please. It is further an indication, and infallible sign of improper 

 treatment and bad management on the part of the orchardist, or of wet worn-out 

 or unsuitable soils and locations. But it may most likely of all be a sure and cer- 

 tain indication of an absolute worn-out or exhausted variety. This being the case, 

 what is the most obvious and reasonable thing to be done ? Run to the poison bar- 

 rel ? Not by any means for relief will not certainly be found in this line. Imagine 

 an application of poison spray to a dying man to restore him to a state of primal 

 health! A far more rational procedure would be to call in the physician, seriously 

 consider the whole matter and carefully learn how the case stands." 



CONCLUSION. 



The law of attraction briefly referred to at the commencement of this 

 treatise, is unceasing in its operations through the whole realm of nature 

 and especially so with regard to the formation of aireal reservoirs i. e. rain 

 storin^ clouds, by evaporation at the tropics and elsewhere by the sun's 

 agency, as also in the equitable distribution of their migratory contents 

 over the earth's surface as beneficent fertilizing aids to mankind, by the 

 attractive power of living forests, and, had we lived for each other's un- 

 stinted happiness as was decreed by the Allwise Creator, instead of for 

 self as we determined on, the existing meteorologic troubles would be un- 

 known clouds would then have moved over the earth's surface in detached 

 rhymic order yielding up their refreshing treasures at the attractive invita- 

 tions of venerated forests to enrich the many intervening plains, which 

 plains by such means would in return have yielded abundance of every 

 necessary provender for man and beast whilst the forests could readily be 

 made to abound with the choicest of fruits and fragrant flowers. Now, the 

 whole atmospheric machinery is " out of joint" and hence our increasing 

 troubles. The sun still faithfully performs its moisture attracting 

 functions, but not so the once numerous forests as they are now nearly a 

 exterminated; leaving the naked earth to generate cyclone and disease 

 formm* air, whilst the over-loaded clouds reel hither and thither in an 

 erratic B manner-frequently uniting over a more attractive region of the 

 earth, there meteorologically impelled to shower down their contents ,m 

 devastating avalanches, leaving other parts to suffer ^^^ 

 droughts and consequent famines, etc., as the following illustrates. 



