Show Camphor Trees for Streets I A trade journal quotes a Texas nurseryman nur as saying saYi g that hat the camphor c m or tree Is very popular for street planting I In the southern part of that state that it Is never troubled by Insect pests and that mosquitoes will avoid it No tree Is exempt from Insect pests and md nd camphor trees may be found round with such a thick incrustation of the red scale of the orange that bark on twigs may scarcely be seen Mosquitoes avoid camphor and its fumes and therefore will not literally roost upon the tree but the they do not avoid the general territory In which It grows The camphor tree Is a prime favorite in southern California and we do not allow fear of insect pests to deter us from planting It ft wherever and hen whenever ever opportunity presents Los Angeles Times |