WHILE I was impressed with your York From The Air supplement (August 27), I was dismayed by the apparent lack of trees.

In view of this hot summer and probable global warming, surely we should be planting more trees. They are the lungs of the earth and not just there for decoration but necessary for our health.

More conifers would be good to provide shelter for the birds in winter and eradicate the problem of leaves on the railway tracks in autumn. You cannot grow a tree overnight.

S Stockton,

Bishopthorpe Road,

York.

Updated: 10:51 Wednesday, September 03, 2003