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Such individual relief must be considered in this connec- 

 tion, as it relates to, or can Ije made to benefit the condition 

 of public health. 



Our State has, in past years, published for the information 

 of her citizens, Emerson's " Ti-ees and Shrubs," and also 

 Harris' '-Insects injurious to vegetation," both in the 

 direction of this subject, and most valuable works, but these 

 generous actions on the part of the State were evidently 

 not properly appreciated ; and I doubt if they were sufficient- 

 ly rudimentary to have generally had the desired effect. 



Laws to punish those setting fires which may destroy 

 woodlands should be very severe ; and ought not such to be 

 made a heavy crime ? The writer believes so, because such 

 destruction of property often becomes extreme, and may 

 bring great hardship and loss of life with it. 



Would it be well for our Board of Trustees to pass some 

 resolution to be presented to our Legislature asking their 

 careful consideration of this subject ?* 



*P. S. Since this Essay was written that resolution has been passed. 



