THE ADVANTAGES 'OF TREEPLANTING. [Sydney Morning Herald.'] It is to bo hoped that the severity of the sufferings inflicted on the world will mduco a general recourse to the planting of hills with trees, which is the sole means of prevent ing inundations. Monsieurs Angenor de Gasparin, Becquerd, and other savants , who have studied this highly important subject, are unanimous in declaring that the flooding of rivers is due to the cutting down of forests, whereby the sides of mountains and hills, and the neighbourhood of rivers have been denuded of their natural and necessary Covering; and they urge on tbo Government the dnty of replanting, in
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Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 457, 10 September 1879, Page 2
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107Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 457, 10 September 1879, Page 2
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