Arizona republican., 1909-02-09

watched this tiA. with us for twan-
 ty years it q pears that 6hey dc we'll for nurloer of years until Ire roots get deeply into the subsnil.
 Here appar .ptly something, is fDur5
 which affects the health # the | ,.:.5
 the trees are cut down in time af-
 ter growths. will Aamake profitable posts and fire wood. ns
 Orange. lemon. s pomela. and other citrus trees should be freely planted
 in gardeusg for 6ecoratixe -z trees.
 While slow of growth at first, they
 ultimately are things of beauty at all seasons of the year Their Fragrant
 blooms are a delight in spring and
 the rich golden fruit is beautiful in the winter and very profitable. Palo
 Verde s(Parkinsonify torreyana) a
 desert tfee is very unique with it's green limbs and Sqarce foliage. It is worthy of a pr6minent place in
 any park, for it's Towering qualities are marvellous. Sprays of its yellow flowers at times put in the shade
 the efforts of blooming orchids. The
 long leafed palo verde, P Aculeata) is also an Arizonian tree with leaves sixteen or eighteen inches long and
 perhaps a third of an inch wide,
 neatly divided and held together by a strong midrib. This tree is very floriferous in spring and less so in
 the fall A view of this tree in full
 bloom is ever to be remembered and
 it Is hoped more attention will be
 paid to it as a garden tree The
 iron-wood tree that grows beside
 the two preceding trees in the desert lays some claim to beauty of outline,
 when cared for. Its foliage of grey
 green is pleasing to the eye, the
 flowers in clusters are purplish
 lavender in spring, its peas good feed
 for stock and wood for furniture
 This pepper tree (Schmios Molle) is an old tree friend found in. the val
 ley by the first pioneers, and is a
 favorite with the newest settlers.
 How it travelled into these parts
 from it's far away Brazilian home 1t
 is hard to tell. Who ever brought it
 was a friend to the valley. With
 little care 1t makes a beautiful tree with rich green leaves, it branches are pendulous and graceful. Its
 are requisitioned for all functions
 be they grave or gay and are ire
 Quently made into, garlands for the
 joyful, also into curtains for the place of the dead. \ yOther evergreen trees might be
 mentioned as valuable for garden
 work but perhaps the one that will
 prove of the greatest value Is the olive. As tree it is good and last
 years. The fruit of the olive Is abundant and edible, the oil ob-
 tained from the fruit is the best vegetable oil known to man and has
 many uses, and no person can do wrong in planting the olive tree for i. has perfect home in this valley.
 Among evergreen shrubs suitable fA T.
 aflese privet Is large with laurel like leaves with an abundance of cream colored flowers in early summer, rich in honey like fragrance. The California privet makes a good bush or hedge, its flowers are white and fragrant. The sweet myrtle is very neat and makes a perfect hedge and when bruised emits a sweet odor. It is the emblem Of love and is widely grown over the warm temperate zone of the world. This shrub is growing much in favor about Phoenix. Eno- nymuS Japonicus is much favored as a rotund bush of glossy green. Its flowers are simple, followed by red vermillion berries of much decora- tive value at Christmas Honey suckles of several kinds may be used as bushes or climbers in whatever form they are good and fill the bill i l want to say one word for the | oleander, that vets" want to shove | out of our gardens. Recently it has | been greatly improved so that. it can | be got in twenty shades of color and | a place should be retained for 1t. | Vets claim the foliage is poisonous Granted, but no animal will eat it | of its own volition and "vets" who have forced animals ito eat it have found considerable difficulty in about the murder of horses md mules by its means In our long