El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06
Suggestion Is Made That the
City Require Same Sort
of Trees on a Street.
SET THEM WIDE
APART SAYS MARI
Expert in Horticulture Ap-
peals to Citizens to Help
Make City Beautiful.

1.-THE time is fast approaching when
something should be done to
= awaken the civic pride Of this
community in regard to identifying the
city by the systematic planting OF shade
trees. This should be done under the
supervision OF the city or by an I'm
provement league or club. FL PasO viii
fall behind in civic beauty If some con
certed effort is not made in the nea-
future to plant trees, both by the indi-
viduaI in his own yard and more
especially by a municipal plan, where
by streets will be planted with trees
Of a uniform variety instead OF a half
dozen or more varieties.
Beauty a Never Failing Asset.
Beauty is a never failing asset, and
in a city like FL Paso. where nature
has done little, man must do much. The
connection between public wen being
in the planting OF shade trees on the
streets Of our cities, is becoming more
apparent The connection is close and
important and as we come 90 realize
and act upon it, SO win our civic wei
being develop, which is at the founda-
ton Of all our progress.
We must strive TO make FL Paso a
more desirable place in which to live;
we must promote interest in the plant
ing Of trees, as the means of beauty
ing and making more healthful the
condition OF city life
Trees Affect Atmosphere.
It has been proved that trees have
a marked beneficial effect or the at
mosphere. From the foliage a large
quantity Of moisture is evaporated
which on warm days helps cool the air
to an appreciabIe extent
Not only do trees keep the glare from
the streets and houses. but they purify
the air by the taking up OF carbon
dioxide and the giving off OF oxygen.
which vivifiss the atmosphere and
makes It far more heaIthfuI fer human
beings.
Ell PasO Can Be Made Beautiful.
FL Paso can be made az beautiful and
attractive as other cities more favor
ably situated as to climatic conditions
but it will take years Of careful plan
ming and systematic effort Other cities
have accomplished what they have by
no other way, no matter II they have
been more favored by nature We must
start now, il any OF US now alive are
to realize our expectations OF = city
beautiful
One is often asked the question, what
kind Of trees do wei here? In answer
to this I can say that there are several
varieties Of shade trees that do well
in this climate in fact-When planted
under the right conditions and given
the proper care, trees grow as well here
as in other places.
elm" and the BLACK locust I believe
are our best shade trees. or might say
the ones that have proved so up to date.
Suggests City Supervision.
I would suggest that the city coun-
ell pass an ordinance requiring prop
erty owners who use the park space in
front of their homes for tree planting,
be compelled to put in trees OF a GER
tain variety to be placed at Uniform
distance, and planted under the super
vision of the park commissioner or his
assistant, at the property owners ex-
pense.
The supervision Of the city park com
missioner is very important, because it
would insure the planting of healthy
stock and that it is properly done. The
city should take care of the health OF
all trees outside of the property line,
that is attend to the pruning, spraying.
etc
Is Noble Creation.
A fine tree is one of the nOblest OF
Gods creations. If you stood in a grove
of SeQuoia or a redwood forest and in
a careless moment let your foot fall
upon a young tree lifting its first green
sprig to the sun. you would have de-
feated the history of 5000 years
If you plant a tree in your door yard
you raise to yourself a living mOnu-
ment with shelterinE' branches to well
come men and gather music i'm the
wind. The stone that one day VIII stand
to your name win be covered with moss.
and that resting place Will be covered
with vines gone wild. but the tree YOU
plant while your life is young viii last
and, as the poet SAYS, "a thing of beau
ty is a joy forever"
Plant Trees.
I therefore say to everyone. plant
trees. You are a better man or woman
Tor SO doing, and a better citizen.
The man who owns little home OF a
hig one and waits until he is rich
enough to put out the shrubbery Of his
choice, makes a mistake; the way to do
with living things is to buy what YOU
can when you can, and give it a start
one can buy young trees of the right
sort for as low as so cents. Most yards
are lacking trees from carelessrSss
rather than from lack of funds Tt is
more a matter of thought and appre-
citation than of money.
1T is matter of wanting the comfort
and beauty of trees, which gets results
for the yard; it is a question Of the
love of living things.