El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
FLOWER PLANTING TIME IS HERE
ELPASO YARDS To BLOSSOM SOON
About Every Kind of Flower Does Well in FL Paso Soil
and Climate; Care Can Make Yards Attractive With
Graceful Trees; Some Advice on How to Plant
and Lock After Flowers and Trees.


ge I. This section.
one part copperas to Is parts Of water
FOR roses, and pulVeriZed coppeIds III
serted beneath the bark OF lSeS'
through small holes. bored with a GIN
let and covered over with way IS rec
commended as treatment Tor inns as
ease, which is said not TO be due 10 a
fUngas growth. but just a condition OF
the soil The disease Is very pFeNaieht
in this section OF the southwest ana IT'S
cause and positive cure mas Hgl Dee. oeel
determined. either by the United States
department O. agriculture or bE Inc
New Mexico A * NJ college
sandy soil Poor fOr Roses.
II tour soil Is on the more leNsI
lands in Fl Paso and there is not too
must gravel in il or too much sand.
the roses may be planted in the soil
as it is. though they viii 10 much bet
ter and a larger percentage OF them
viii live II the holes in which they are
SET ont are filled with adobe. This
gives them a chance TO begin their
growth in the soil THAI suits them best
Real adobe soil is encountered in the
CITY along Magoffin avenue and par
ticularlv 10 the south of that street,
but north OF Magoffin and Myrtle ave-
nues. while the soil looks good, much
of ii is too sandy TO be best adapted
TO roses the sand having washed down
through ages OF erosion, from the
mOuntainsides-
The best plan anywhere ia the city
is to fill in a bed with adobe for
roses; il viii pay in the long run. no
matter where you are planting them.
although after they are we'll started
in the adobe soil. they viii do quite
well in most OF the lOwland soil in IL
Paso-that is soil south Of Montana or
Rio Grande street in the eastern pOr-
ton Of the city.
Do not get any canal dirt into your
yard. Il is dangerous. In the first
place. il is usually more largely sand
than anything else and il is likely to
be full Of alkali. which Will ruin a
yard or i flower bed.
Get Real Adobe soil.
If the dirt is 10 be hauled in. make
sure that il is real adobe; select a To-
cation where you know the soil is good
and see that IL is hauled from that
place. il you have time. Like every
thing else. a little time devoted to
preparations in planting. will pay for
itself in the end.
Where the soil is such that roses
may be planted merely by digging
holes in the yard. it is still best to
build border about the space reserved
for roses. SO that they may be irri-
sated-nOt sprinkled.
Never sprinkle a rosebush except late
in the evening and then only to wash
off the insects.
An Irrigation vets all the roots
those spreading out away from the
bushes and those that have gone
straight down as well BY scattering
straw and manure about between them.
as in the case of trees. thew are fed
evenly II a rose. after the first year,
appears not TO thrive under this treat
ment, il may be well to scatter a hand
fun of bonemeal close about the bush.
being careful not TO let ii get close
enough to the bush TO burn. then work
this into the soil with a small hand
fork and then let the water carry IL
down Bone meal and blood meal are
both good The bone supplies the phos
phorus and the blood meal the nitro
gen. both of which are necessary to
the life OF any plant Roses require
more OF these than the average plant.
for roses are gluttons for water and
for food
Roses Like Plenty of Water.
L is hard TO give q rose too much
water in the summer time-in the dry
season. Drainage is not necessary for
roses in this part OF the country, al
though this is recommended in most
nursery publications. because most OF
these publications apply TO the regions
where roses are more commonly grown
than here-where the rainfall is usual
i heavy and irrigation. instead of
being necessary. is never ever noticed.
The hot summers and the spring
winds are the most trying conditions
rose grower in FL Psso or vicinity
has 10 contend with. The wind often
whips the tender leaves and even the
bushes are often positively killed by
the winds. The first shoots come out
beautiful but the high winds freGuent-
" burn them up or whip them to pieces
and the plant IS often not strong
enough TO send up others.
For this reason. II is well to select
the more hardy varieties for FL Paso,
unless they are to be set out on the
east side OF house or fence. well pro-
tected from the winds. Then. quite
a &C., h. e.
ernoon sun. which is so necessary to
their healthy growth. so there is that
disadvantage in growing them Roses
where they get the fun benefit Of the
sun, viii do best II they can weather
the spring winds.
Consider Climatic Conditions.
II is well 10 take into consideration
these local conditions, particularly the
sun. in selecting plants for this region.
There are few plants except those of
the deciduOus varieties. that will not
stand an FL Paso winter, while there
are many that viii not stand an FL
Paso summer. For this reason, where
il Is possible il is best to select stock
community with climatic conditions
more nearly like our own.
Many plants brought here from the
north and east cannot stand the not
summers and the dry. harsh spring
winds. Roses propaEated in Il Paso,
If the varieties desired can be secured,
are the best, of course. Until recently,
it was not possible TO secure such
stock here al prices that were reason
able. but in the past few years, this
condition has changed. Be sure, how
ever, in buying roses OF local grow
ers, that they are grown here and not
merely imported by these growers from
some other section-unless YOU know
the section they are imported from.
l have secured the best results. from
n
when ] purchased outside OF Il Paso-
The climate Of California. this side of
Los Angeles. Is not in summer and IL
is necessary TO practice irrigation
While the winters there are milder
than the winters here the conditions