Excerpt from The Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist, Vol. 27: Devoted to Horticulture, Arboriculture and Rural Affairs; 1885 The government has given encouragement, and this' ought to be a stimulus for great exertion. We will not talk now of improving the landscape, nor of drawing water from the clouds, nor of mak ing the air more pure by the free distribution of healthy gases and exhalations. The absorption of noxious carbonic gases which trees inhale, the domestic uses of wood, and the enhancing of the value of every farm - even in a national point of view - to have five, ten or twenty acres of good woodland on it, can also be passed by now; but it is apparent, millions of trees can be planted and grown by the people themselves, cheaply and quickly, compared with the present move ment, and which will make future generations bless the present one if it only acts on the hint given in these suggestions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.