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TREES AND SHRUBS 



and darker green leaves. This tree is used as much or more 

 than the valley cottonwood on the streets of Deming and Silver 

 City. It would, no doubt, grow well in any of the towns and 

 valleys of the State where it could be given a limited amount 

 of care and water. 



The Mountain Cottonwood (Populus angustifolia) 

 grows native along the streams in our mountains at elevations 

 of from 5,500 feet to about 7,500 feet above the sea level. It 

 is an exceedingly graceful tree with rough grayish bark and 

 dark green, glossy, willow-like leaves and makes a very de- 

 sirable shade tree, especially at the higher levels in the State. 

 It has been grown quite successfully at Lincoln, where it is 

 preferred to the valley cottonwood. It is certainlv worthy of 

 more general adoption. 



The Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) is really a 



cottonwood and should be used much more than it is. As 



Willow. (Salix lasiandra) 



