Show Shade Trees and Electric Lights People say electric lights are killing our shade trees said a close observer Their theory is that plants and trees require re-quire the night in which t sleep as much as human beings do and that by the con tinuous blaze of light they are graduallj weakened and die Xow I dont believe that at all I think it is due t the insects which aro attracted by the light They hover around every light in clouds and u soon as the blaze is extinguished theyseek refuge destructive in the trees and are of course very ml have particularly noticed a species of large black beetle which is very numerous spece I and which cats the bark of trees by hand fuls Pittsburg Dispatch |