El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29

sEouno and kept wet and in a year or
we VIII cover an entire porch It
Llahss a beautiful shade and screen
and, like the honeysuckle. or eraps
tlne, shoots out new leaves each year
from the old vine. ". /. Gafness porch
~ n, -t0nLana street is an example OF
ne .Iis oealtltul effect obtained from this
NIns, The place is just two years old
ysl the vine has covered the perEoIa
n front OF the house and the vines
1i, amen over and are now dropping
9oWn 10 the porch floor inside. a
picture OF the porch, showing the
sroWth OF the vines, appears on the
page with this article
me trumpet vine and houeysuckIe
grow splendidly here a hoDevsUcI-1s
Flne-Ihe foliage picture with The
cnalr IN the foreground-fs sho-v7 IN
ne collection OF pictures Illustrating
TINS article Both the yellow and the
REQ blossom5ng varieties grow vsi1
Al example OF their sturdy growth can
De seen al Providence hospital
Clematis Grows Here.
only few clematis vines have been
introduced, but they have done ex-
ceedlngly well One OF these is shov1-n
in the illustrations accompanvina- rms
picture It is growing across the front
OF Mrs i. n Washburn's home T5rT
Montana street and the waxlfke white
blossoms are most exquisite. Anof6e-
vine producing a flower OF Similar anal
ity but, purple in color, IS growing On
the same porch It is known as queens
wreath
Gamma lilies. chrysantheuums and
verbenas are standard flowers that
grow In great profusi0n in almost an
yards IN the city They require very lit
tie care Bermuda grass viii grow until
II becomes a positive pest II per-
mitted- Stuck out in punches around
over any yard and irrigated occasiou-
any II VIII soon be matted over the
avn ana II not kept cut back viii
drive out all the flowers.
Blue Grass and Clover.
Recently blue grass and clover have
oeen planted In many yards with
splendid success, notably at the home
o. W W Iurney on Montana street
and In the street parkings alonz Rio
Grande street and lIagoffin avenue
These parking effects are being adopt-
ed along many OF the streets Of the
city in line with modern city beauri-
fcar1on- Several OF the new suburban
additions - particularly Manhattan
heights and Richmond Terrace-havs
put in parlrWays between the street
paving and the sidewalks One OF the
prettiest pieces OF parking in the city
IS that IN front OF the residences g
James G. AcNary and Julius krakauer
on Arizona street. Golden hill 1t is
shown in the photos Illustrating this
article.
jim Marr's Yard.
Probably the greatest variety OF
plants and shrubs TO be found in FL
Paso outside OF nursery. viii be
found at the home OF James I. MARI az
s14 San Antonio street Several OF the
views used 70 Illustrate this article
were made at his home Nh Mari
has one OF the finest grape arbors in
the southwest Carefully tended. the
grapes prunsd and picked with care
as they grew, the long, Iucious purple
punches hang from the vines several
inches IN length any OF them weigh
ING over pound. many Weighing sew
eral pounds The grape arbor. built
ri Har
yard On either side stands a palm
(also shown in the Illustrations ac-
companylng this article) and these
oeauuIui plants have weathered the
wrapped OF cared for.
Palms stand Winter Here.
When the palms were first put out.
Mr. Mari wrapped them in winter, but
IN the winter OF 1928, the cold came
suddenly and there had been a severe
- u 80 before ne lnousnl OF covering
MS palms Wei they are killed II
they are going to be-" he said. so
III waste no time on them" In the
spring Of 1913 they came out beauti-
them wrapped at al and today they
are beautiful Mr.. Mars pride is his
roses, however. and he has a colIec-
ton OF several dozen different varie-
ties, all OF them doing splendidly. He
also Grows tube roses. once considered
unsuited for this climate; and num-
bers OF other plants that are not 50
generally grown or even tried here
He has experimental with a pepper
tree and il is now ten feet tall. al
though II was caught by the cold one
year and killed hack to the ground.
This Is a California tree and none
has ever been grown east OF Phoenix
before that anybody knows OF.
Noted for It's shrubbery.
From a city OF treeless and shrub
less yards few years ago. FL Paso
is today the subject OF commentator
and comment BY tourists from all
parts OF the country because OF the
beauty Of its yards and lawns. Not
only are its front yards clean and
full Of shrubbery, but its back yards
as we'll Every person in FL Paso
can have what I have here" said Mr..
Mari. as he showed with pride the
veritable wilderness OF beauty that
surrounds his place, and that this is
true Is demonstrated wherever It has
been tried. While Mr.. Mari probably
has more flowers and shrubs than any
other Fl Pasoau, practically every
things that he is growing. except his
palms and pepper trees, is being
grown BY numerous other FL PasOans,
all with success
Beautiful yards are a matter OF
pride with FL Pasoans; neighbors vie
with each other in improving their
places or join with each other in try
ing to make their block surpass some
other block IN beauty. And the pleas
ing thing about it is that the results
Mr.. Marr's yard Is but a few years old;
less than six Many that are very
beautiful have not been over two years
in the making
usF,oJio BI011es the