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Show HONElffh ! DECIDUOUS TREES IN LAWNS . Qomo Reasons Why Thoy Seem to Thrive Better There Than Elsowhere. An observant correspondent writes to ask why deciduous trees and shrubs I planted In lawns seem to thrive bettor than thoso planted-' under othor condl , tions, moro especially during tho sum- j mar moutliB, remarks tho Lob Angeles i Times. Our dry summer utiuosphcre Is very trying nn deciduous trues and shrubs for tho reason that such dry nlr causes tho leaves to trnnsplro faster than tho roots can tako up tho necessary moisture. Such conditions during tho hot weather put tho trees, figuratively, In tho position of gasping for breath. Trcos in lawns havo tho advantage of being in a molstor atmosphoro than when In Boll with a dry surfaco, and, theroforo, hnvo to labor less and may "broatho" with greater comfort. Tho soil molsturo in a lawn Is also moro evenly distributed over tho ontiro root system than could bo tho enso whore wator 1b appllod to trees by Irrigation, either by tho furrow systom ot In basins. Deciduous trees Hlways thrlvo best in lawns. ' |