Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-06
n..amentnl shrnbbery for Trxas.

-,aIrcs on street and yard trees fol
r.,o. With a paper on some desirabl,
s-rns suited 10 culture in our yards and
"A the reader already under
.,,rts we strongly favor broad leal
.rorssps. These being peculiarly
so,rfsrn prowths, lend a marked South
avn s.r 10 the localities upon which they
,u # thing much 10 be desired not
--ry AS generally pleasing to ourselves
,nt MISC rs specially pleasing 10 the
.,-orrpr Waiting us in search of q
. r-s-r4r winter climate than that char
,,,sr.zIng the region left by him at the
I.r.rr.rg Of his southern tour. The
lr.o5 leaf evergreen tells or a sunny
,Hris. the narrow leaf evergreen, as the
,-,.. he cedurs, the arbor vitae, etc. (,
an common at the North, tell nothing at
while the deciduous tree, or shrub,
lore 10 winter, appears 10 tell for that
..,..r. d tale Of biting frosts and freezing
,oi.r weather. But this matter was
snv discussed by us in our former
srnrt.. us already referred to.
We strongly favor the adoption OF our
,..,.r. rraaths for the reason that they
entirely ut home with US, and are
meyer seen beyond our borders outside of
.-..rl04tes. and for the further reason
.fat l..rr are none better.
In the wuy Of beautiful broad-leaf
,y.-rreyu shrubs that may be cultivated
or ornamental purposes, Texas has an
l.suIaut supply Of her own, and as at
,-..asal Of these. though seldom culti-
waited, we may place that magnificent
rrtr, Ear5erry known for common rs
Ina j. Il..r
trIIoliata. One meets with it grow
.rrw.ld and ahundanty in all the billy
-rouutgIuous regions If Texas, and
,-m.puutel TO any section Of the state
fl would do entirely we'll. Many are un-
der the impression that it will not traus-
MINT. hut ih.s IS a mistake. We have
n,eu IL from its native hills TO other
Southern suites differing in many re-
.-er,s from Texas, where we have seen
tcrlw of like regular nursery plant.
I.a ulglrrdu is native 10 Texas and
Mexico. 10 uttaius 10 the height of from
flr l0 six feet. and inciints 10 grow in
,um,s. though it bears trimming well,
arl mas be cut 20 II single stalk If de-
.rabIr We like the clump growth
hest. but Ia either case nothing could be
more laautiful. Leaves in threes,
deeply uolcued, stiff, highly polished in
arrruruuce, OF blu shgTpeu color and
ma. krl with conspicuous whitish veins.
AI POINTS of the leaves are armed with
short sulI.ps something like the spiues
appearing un the leaves of the common
holly Foliage very thick; trunk aud
r-nucups Of a whiti,h color. Flowers
yellow. rather uconspicuOus; fruit u
email red hrrry-elIble aud much rel
shed Us some persons.
Do m- opinion nature has made no
p-riter little eve green than the a gireda,
aoE ne calculated to produce II finer Ell
feet loo the yard or on the lawn. Then It
..ras.!y u5ta,uable in Texas md there
ore ourht 90 be widely Gu tivated. Gong |
west. say from Fort Worth, we begin 10
.lr.ke Il ia rnlo Pinto county. Have |
p SEER met with 1t east OF the hills Dor |
a.riuZ the Grand prairie on the west,
..t g., grows ubundautly all along that /.
..r.ar ou southwark 10 The RIO Grande |
-r-r.
Sc Justly entitled to next rank as an .
.rnmrutaI shrub for Texas we would ,
mention ihe yVupon. u broad-leaf eTer-
e-etu lrlou.uE to the holly family, and |
saawu 90 lo.uuIsis rs lex Cassine. 1t
grows pruutllly along most of our riv-
ers anil largo creeks, and trausplauts
- willow, adapting itself TO any stu
alton and EtJains the height of about
a.t,ru feet; is q growth of wide range in
'ae lower southern states, extending
tuw ,aa C4rodnus To Mexico.
I.g au ornamental hedge nothing we
Aaow "i can compare 20 the yaupou. 1t
.4s numerous very small aud very long
."".hrs, which iuterlock each other in
every direction. You cannot at all hurt
. BIS close trimming, or by trimming into
aug -naHs your fancy NAV dictate. The
rate-. winch are very thick, are only
d. ...e-tuurth the size OF those of or
4Nsfy English priyrt, but when closely
s., aHl trimmed in rs Il hedge plant you
aa'.i sas through the hedge at any
'.al 'r M TIE ground up, so closely set
l.7 -hT leaves. There are no thorns, but
'a7 uThHthtts end so abruptly, and are
'I-li, us Go 0bstTuct u passage through
.-e hedge almost as efTectuglly as if each
'a' ii.rt with thorn. Mobile, Ala.
g 'a'ay-s fnr her fine ornamental hedges
-,as7 a-a a.I made OF ysupou.
Toe Fa.ron Is diucious, that is, all the
"a.e flowers ara borne on one shrub,
@a.e 81. taa female flowers are borne on
another. The female shrub bears in
-..a, Ir.'a- on @ crop of bright scarlet
.. which hang on through the
.'.- aH0 .o ate in the next summer,
..' -E#- tae growth the appearance
-"t.i uglet Iuft. So numerous are
.Er, HAT they almost completely
10 ." e-"tu OF the leaves from view.
N-.' wHu grow the yRUpon from
....Is NHt others usually increase
... -..a .r layers, where the near
..'.- .aga0, supply all the young trees
.--. l.sis done by bending the
-' raacaes down TO the ground i'll
aai covering them with soil,
"'--- . small lranchlets sticking
..e next spring roots Will have
.. along tie branch, when II NAV
5'.t ....n iEe main stalk aud divided
Uncovered bTauuhlet into new
setting out.
.a is Interesting above most
"--.au growths rs having a Pc
-'-. -s.urE. going back TO the Indian
ia.s country. In those early !
--5' --taus, before gong into war,
u0on any great undertaking,
several days, drinking cop
...' ..- time Of tea known rs the
....n .Hah. II was supposed TO I
-.- ..a-H charms qualified 10 pre-
3D.. A Tor success in what was to
That black drink was made !
s,. .e.'es ot the yauTon. So universal I
''7 Practice that the leaves OF the r
49,, .". winch Is growth dramatically ,
sl .o the South, were carried rs an =,