Bisbee daily review., 1910-08-10
ABOUT SHADE TREES
 IN ARID RIBBONS
SOME VALUABLE HINTS AS TO THEIR PLANTING AND PROP ER CARE

Trees planted for shade or orna- ment in the southwest are compar- atively few. In the cities and towns where the water supply is not such an uncertainty. shade trees of many varieties are doing well, but go into the country or onto the ranches and note the unsettled or transient ap- pearance given the houses by the lack of trees for shade, says the El Paso Herald.
 People who do not expect to be- come permanent settlers seldom care to go to the trouble of starting trees Others who have recognized their value have had them die from lack of knowledge how to start and care for them. or have lost the trees through failure of the water supply There are many trees beside of well known cotton wood and China berry that do well, as one can easily see by visiting the parks and residence sections of Fl Paso and the grounds of the New Mexico agricultural col lege. Prof. Garcia, professor of hor- ticulture, gives the following hints:
 The soil has much to do with the success of shade trees. Should it be too sandy or gravelly, or de- hcient in plant food and apt to dry out easily, the hole to receive the tree should be made large and filled with loam. If the soil is heavy adobe, it is well to mix good foam with it before planting. The bottom of the hole should be soft to allow the roots to penetrate easily, and the hole should be large enough not to crowd them. In a good soil, for a i tree four to six feet in height, a hole 20 inches in every direction is large enough.
 Tn setting the trees, spread the roots as naturally as possible and fix firm the earth about them well. All broken or dead roots should be re- moved or trimmed before planting the tree, and it should be set an inch or two lower in the ground than it grew in the nursery in order to allow for the settling of the soil from irriga- ton.
 Most of the failures in starting of shade trees have undoubtedly come about through the insuficiency of wa ter If the tree is irrigated imme- diately after planting, especially fl the ground is dry. again in 12 or 15 days and frequently thereafter until the tree is established. there is little danger of losing from lack of mois- ture. AS soon as the soil begins to crack and dry. it should be packed
 well to prevent the escape Of the moisture.
 Trees may be planted any time
 while they are dormant, just before ithey begin to grow. They may bs
 transplanted any time during the
 winter, but February seems prefer
 able under our conditions.
 Most people prefer to plant large
 trees. those which have made 1t Ito 12 feet in growth, and whicl
 may be 5 to years old. If cart
 is taken to dig them with a goot
 supply of roots, trees of this sizs may be successfully transplanted The shock of transplanting is les severe on smaller trees of or
 years of age. and it Is preferable tt plant theem rather than the old ones If trees cannot be planted righ after digging they were heeled in, c,
 set in the ground at an angle. ans the roots covered to prevent drying Care should be taken to pack thu earth firmly about the roots to pre- vent drying out when they are heele' | in. Tn digging. it is essential to ge as many of the tree roots as possibi' . in order to support the tree. Ant they should not be exposed to tn , air too long.
 r ''Tf trees are pruned from the tim r they are set out. there is usually n l necessity of removing large limb l later. Trees for lawns or windbrake
 are best pruned to low trunks an