El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-26
Back Yards Furnish FIowers,
Vegetables and Fruits
OF Al Kinds.
ROSES GROW AND
+ BLOOM WELL HERE
Climate Is Generally FAVOR
able To Al Vegetation;
Yards City's Pride.
By G. 4. MARTIN.

~ PASO is a city easily beautifie6
n because of its rich soil and mild
- climate. and its citizens, taking
pride in their yards and homes, have
. some much TO make Of 1t a most attrac-
Sttive place from an esthetic point Of
view
There are few things that will not
Erow here, except those especially
adapted TO very warm or very col3.
damp climates. Certain roses viii not
thrive well here, because Of lack of
humidity, hut as a general rule. the
rose does well The hydrangeas. that
beautiful cluster flower so popular in
\ California md in some sections OF the
north. where. however. the blossom IS
not so large. has never been grown
successfully here There are some OF
the plants in Ell PaSO yards but the
warm. dry days of the sumner appar-
entity burn them up
Lawns are beautiful in Fl Paso, but
the only safe grass appears TO De the
Bermuda In many yards there IS
Kentucky bluegrass which has been
CROWNS for years, but any partcu-
larIy dry or warm season kills mucn
Of il in spots. II hite clover has grown
and thrived beautifully for season
OF two, then died out
4 disappointing Grass
From tests made last years, austria
liam rye seemed to be the grass best
adapted 20 Fl Paso's all the year needs.
for grass OF this variety planted IN me
fall of 1919. passed through the rathsC
warm summer Of 1915, Weathered the
1876 winter beautifully and entered
= the spring of this year looking. Just as
lbeautiful. but even where 1t had the
N-sr Of care. the warm weather AMI
lack of moisture IN the air curing
July killed IT, The writer IS the NlctlIn-
Nv front lawn, one Of the prettlest IN
the city until recently, IS as uhSlgAuy
- fodav as il was pretty then some say
WINS grass, If planted IN the ran ana
given a winters start VIII WedthSr
the first summer and 90 into the sec
ond summer. when Il dies OF age, nav
ing run its course That IS what my
grass did and I gave II the best posi-
HE attention as an experiment. N me
hope of finding a grass that WouIn re- =,
main green thrOug hOuI the year IN Fl
Paso- Whether 1t succumDeq 70 on
= from lack Of care
The past sumner mas peen an un
usually severe one on flowers AMI
shrubs Added to this. a disease known
as chlorOsis. has attacked me trees ana
shrubs throughout the southWesteIIl
country. according to the New Mexico
A & NJ COLLEGE Root rot of certain
character has also attacked some Of
the roses in Ell PasO. according TO
rnicrosopical examinations made by the
Il department of agriculture How
ever the disease did not originate In
Nbfs section but was imported from
nrHHr states on W0Du lDA pABpFAAe III
spccted. according 10 A. u Orahanl'
county demonstration agent
wirhstanding all this. the yards
Of Il PaSO attract the attention OF the
visitor Immediately and they would
attract attention anywhere, even In
communities supposed TO be favored
more kindly by Providence in the mat
Ter of plant climate. The best climate
SSr De0ple is not always the best for
rhants. People thrive and grow Wen
~ the rare. dry atmosphere of Ell Paso,
but plants OF almost al sorts IKE d
damp climate. one with plenty OF hu-
mildly and fogs and dews. But with
out these. FL PasO grows beautifui
roses. wonderful dahlias and many,
Ltauy other beautiful flowers For
-fzrden vegetables and fruits except
those Of the citrus family, FL Paso
cannot he surpassed anywhere. Canta-
Ioupes and vegetables from the Fl
Paso valley have the flavor that Is
equal to the best and in size have feT
superiors anywhere.
Back Yards Beautiful.
Even the back yards Of FL Paso are
wonders in the line OF production when
planted TO vegetables and fruits. Back
yard vegetable gardening IS as popu-
lur with many househOlders in FL Paso
as is flower and rose gardening IN th=
front yards. and with equal success
Many back yards in Fl Paso have
produced fruits and vegetables this
year that would rank with the best
shown al any Of the fairs Of the coun-
try.
have grown canlalOupeSs wafer
melons chile peppers, roses. verbenas,
dahlias. daisies. lilies. Ciadiolas, violets,
sunfloWers, hollyhOcks, honeysuckle.
grapes, castor beans. cana lilies. Nir-
Plnia creeper. petunias. cosmos and
several varieties of dubious plants and
blossoms in my back yard this yea
aId have peach trees. pecanS, pome-
stanates. nectarines. plums. figs, cher
ries and several varieties OF shade
trees growing in the same yard all
thriving and doing we'll
NY grapes. put out in the spring of
1915. produced quite quantity o.
fruit this year a Japanese ivy vine.
planted in the spring Of 1915. but GU
off last spring by a careless workman
came I'D this year and is now more
than 20 feet long. one watermelon
HIne Is fully that long and has several
H. melons on II. one Of them two
= feef long and almost ripe Catalogues
I.v, already matured on the canta-
Ioupe vines and plenty more are to
core.
Grow INK of Roses.
Come people have said that MarechaI