Timely Hints for Farmers. 



been that we have attempted to grow trees from cooler and more 

 humid regions, or have depended too much upon exotics that nur- 

 serymen have pursuaded us to buy at fancy prices. 



The basis of decorative and landscape planting in humid re- 

 gions is the trees and shrubs that are indigenous to those regions. 

 Imported plants are only used to secure special effects. In Ari- 

 zona we are not going to succeed in similar planting until we take 

 advantage of a portion at least of the eighty- four indigenous trees, 



Fig. 1. An unirrigated desert garden.— Bagote tree in cent.eif. 



and the large number of decorative shrubs and vines that are 

 growing wild On our plains and mountains. This paper is much 

 too brief to discuss all the indigenous plants desifable in decor- 

 ative planting. For street planting, where there is a fair supply 

 of water for irf igation, the native Ash is probably the most desir- 

 able tree that we have for elevations below three thousand feet. 

 In cooler regions, the native Box Elder, Walnut, and Alder can be 

 planted to advantage. The Cottonwood and Willow should only 

 be used for a street tree where there is plenty of Water and where 

 extremely rapid growth is desired. In the southern portion ol 

 the Territory the Mesquite, three species of Palo Verde, the Iron- 

 wood, the Acacia, and Hackberry are particularly desirable in lo- 



