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HORTICULTURE 



October 24, 1914 



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HicKs' Special Trees and Shrubs 



For Ury Ground sind SeasKore Planting 



ONE of tile most difficult of planting problems you 

 bave to solve may be tbe planting of sandy, dry 

 and acid soils. Tbese conditions occur liotb on 

 tbe beacb and tbe dr.v. sandy or gravelly sub- 

 soils in tbe interior. Tbe present drougbt wbe're tbe 

 lainfall in August was 2.15 incbes, in September .27 

 inches, and tbe average for these montbs sbould be: 

 .Vugust. 4.3 incbes. and September. 3.6 inches, empha- 

 sizes the need of dry ground plants. We are making 

 a specialty of them. We do not know of any other 

 nursery that is. Our plants are cheap; $20 per 10(10 

 and upward. It is not possible to water everything. It 

 is not possible to cart soil and prepare tbe ground two 

 feet deep to withstand the drougbt. Tbe best landscape 

 ^'ardeiiing is that which flts tbe plants to tbe maximum 

 drought and severest Winter. 



Make a list of what Nature plants on the abandoned 

 fields in tbe region where you are planting. If it is dry 

 i-Tound. there will be Oaks, Bayberry, Sumach. Cedar, 

 etc. The Oaks are the principal drought-resisting trees. 

 Tr.v a few hundred or a few thousand of our Oak Seed- 

 lings. We dig them with full length roots. Make .i hole 

 with a crowbar twen- 

 ty inches deep, set 

 Ibe collar two incbes 

 below thegrounfl. We 

 will show you a uni- 

 form block of sever;! 1 

 Ibousand. planted this 

 way in December, lltll. 

 They can be planted 

 frtun five to fifteen feet 

 ap;irt. Next Spring 

 pl.tnt b e t w eon 

 iliini, little Pine 

 trees. For ;in 

 dor growth 

 nt drought- 



16 15 14 15 12 11 10 J 



Surf 



Beach. 



Sand Dune. 

 Tips of new growth 

 killed off bv the 

 salt resulting in 

 densegriiwiblike 

 a trimmed hedge. 



resisting shrubs as Bayberry or Wax Myrtle, New .Jer- 

 sey Tea or Ceanothus Americanus, Hazelnut, White or 

 Gra.v Birch, or Betula Populifolia. 



The picture shows Nature's methods of planting on the 

 beacb. This is a combination of sandy, acid soil with 

 caustic action of the salt spray. The plants are much 

 the same as on dry sandy hills or plains. Therefore, tbe 

 same answer can be given inquiries for planting on the 

 beacb and planting in sandy soils. Close planting is 

 essential to the best results in both cases. Tbe accumu- 

 lation and preservation of a layer of decaying leaves 

 eight inches deep is the first essential and close planting 

 is the second. Neither can be dispensed with. 



Remember now is tbe time to make a profit on our 

 guaranteed big Maples that save fifteen years and big 

 Pines that save five years. 



Here is a hint that may help you. as it helped us keep 

 August and September sales up to the average. We bave 

 placed on tbe road in frtint of our nursery and on other 

 important automobile routes, ten or twenty miles away, 

 groups of evergreens with balls of earth and bard.y 

 flowers in pots. Sign — "Plants guaranteed to grow-. Help 



yourself. Put your 

 name in tbe box and 

 we will send bill." 



People like to be 

 trusted. They like to 

 look over plants as in 

 a book store, without 

 an attendant. They 

 like to find it as easy 

 to buy trees as to 

 buy furniture. 

 • Send for our fully 

 illfistrated catalog and 

 printed matter, or ask 

 us any questions 

 where we might help 

 you out with your 



Beach Plum or 11. 



Bayberry. 

 Holly. 

 Chokeberry. Py- 



rus Arbutifolia. 

 Black Oak. 

 Cat Brier. 

 Wild Cherry. 



12. 

 13. 

 U. 

 ir,. 

 1(1. 



Wild Kose, Vir- 

 ginia Creeper. 

 White Oak. 

 White Birch. 

 Privet. 



Norway Maple. 

 Forsythia. 



flicks |re^ 



Isaac Hicks &>§on 



"Wcstburu ■ Lon<^ Island 



planting problems. 



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