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HORTICULTURE 



September 12, 1914 



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Two oa-rloBils of ^\'liite Pines 20- 



feft liieli. They all lived. 



ABOUT HICKS' GUARANTEED EVERGREENS 



MR FLORIST, do you have mquries for all-the-year screeDS 

 twelve feet high? Have you had lo decline them because you 

 could not gel evergreens rooi-pruncd, wilh large balls of earth, that 

 would live, make a dense growth, and give satisfaction? We have been 

 growing such trees for fifteen years. They are now ready. We will 

 ship more trees if any fail to grow or die in two years. You merely take 

 the order and mail it to us. The trees are grown and shipped in a way 

 (hat is most nearly nes'ect proof but we follow it up with reminders as to 

 testing the soil for moisture, water 

 ing and manuring. You can build 

 up a new class of trade by saving 

 people 5 to 10 years waiting. Two 

 acres with the obiectional features 

 screened out will give as much pri- 

 vacy as several times the area with- 

 out tall evergreen screens. 



You, Mr, Florist, have an inti- 

 mate knowledge of your customers 

 You know v*/ho is anxious for tall 

 groups of evergreens for a screen 

 and windbreak this Winter. You 

 know how to present the proposi- 

 tion. You have the confidence of 

 your customers. 



This is 

 the balls 

 them a^ 

 in a tult. 



the way we lat^h 

 of earth, holiling 

 solid as a plant 



You know how to compose such a group; how lo mix 'n Laurel, Rhodo- 

 dendrons. Vinca. Barberry, to hold the mulch around the roots of the trees 

 and make a permanently successful planting. You know your customers 

 would like to make a permanent investment that will add to the hospitality 

 of their home landscape. Why not make a profit by convincing your 

 customers that Hicks 

 evergreens planted in 

 September or Octo- 

 ber will succeed and 

 that (heir guarantee is 

 backed by several 

 thousand evergreens 

 from SIX to thirty feet 

 high that have been 

 moved in September 

 or midwinter during 

 the past three years? 

 Don't forget our 20 

 year old Norway 

 Maples. 15 ft wide. 

 Special price $45,00. 

 Replaced if they fail. 



An efTertive screen for all out build- 

 ings, laundry yardN, etr. 



A group taller than the one sliou n ran 



be ntade of Spe<-ial Price 

 5 White Pines r2-14 ft. 10 yrs. SI8 $90.00 



5 Whit« Pines 8-10 ft. 10 50.00 



Vi White Pines 6 ft. 3.50 4».(M» 



Trade Discount 15'% 



The above is about half a carload. Five men and one 

 team can plant in two days. Ksttniated weierht seven tonn. 



Hicks |rG^ 



Isaac Hicks & Son 



Westburu . Lonj^ Island 



ture to think one would hear much 

 praise and little criticism. 



Although we are at the moment 

 chiefly concerned with what the S. A. 

 P. can do for the private gardener, we 

 might also for a moment see what the 

 Society has done for him. There can 

 be no doubt that the exhibitions held 

 by the S. A. F. in various parts of the 

 country during the last few years have 

 been the finest the country has ever 

 seen; and these have been produced 

 by the co-operation of the commercial 

 and private growers. How much finer 

 they could have been had the private 

 gardeners been more enthusiastic can 

 only be imagined. Certain it is that 

 they have been of great educational 

 value, and are yearly growing more so. 

 Cannot the private gardener learn 

 much from them? Where shall we see 

 anything finer than the exhibits from 

 the Farquhar Nurseries, the acacias 

 from Nahant and the roses and carna- 

 tions, to mention only a few of the 

 magnificent productions brought to- 

 gether? 



Our President, though he may be the 

 foremost park superintendent in the 

 country, will not be offended if I class 

 him as a private gardener. What shall 

 we say of the rose garden he has con- 

 structed at Hartford? Is it not the 

 finest example of its kind in the world? 

 And what of the out-door garden he 

 made at Minneapolis? Are such things 

 not of the highest educational value, 



and calculated to be of the greatest 

 assistance to the private gardener, If 

 he will only profit by them? Are not 

 the reports from the Botanist, the 

 Pathologist and the Entomologist of 

 great benefit to us all. and is not the 

 parcel post system, so ably advocated 

 by my friend, Mr. Welch, of great 

 benefit to the country at large? 



It may seem strange to some; but 

 it is nevertheless true, that some of 

 the men who have been most promi- 

 nent in the Society's affairs are, or 

 have been, private gardeners. I have 

 only to mention such names as Far- 

 quhar, Roland, Fisher, or Totty. who 

 are well able to tell us what advan- 

 tages have accrued to them by their 

 association with this Society. No one 

 will imagine for a minute that the 

 Society has made them what they are 

 today. This has been accomplished 

 entirely by their own efforts; and I 

 believe this is the crux of the whole 

 question regarding the private gar- 

 dener. For the Society to be of use 

 to him he must endeavor to become an 

 important factor in the Society. 



Finally, I cannot help thinking that 

 the question of helping the private 

 gardener very largely depends upon 

 the private gardener himself; and to 

 be of any assistance to him, any small 

 feeling which may exist must be for- 

 gotten so that w-e may all, commer- 

 cial and private gardeners alike, pull 

 together for the common good. 



It seems to me this powerful organi- 

 zation is fully equipped and fully cap- 

 able of looking after all classes of the 

 profession if we all work harmoni- 

 ously together. Can we not do this 

 and help forward the good work of 

 this Society and the grand old profes- 

 sion of Horticulture? 



Quincy, Mass.— The Council cham- 

 ber in City Hall resembled a great 

 market when the annual exhibit of 

 flowers and vegetables raised by chil- 

 dren was opened to the public on Sat- 

 urday, September 5. The children 

 worked under the direction of the civic 

 committee of the Quincy Women's 

 Club. At the beginning of the season 

 2000 children bought seeds from the 

 committee for a cent a package, and 

 while about 500 children lost interest 

 the rest produced fine gardens, and in 

 some instances produced enough vege- 

 tables to supply entire families. The 

 judges were Supt. James Nicol of Mt. 

 Wollaston Cemetery. William Patter- 

 son and Charles J. Anderson. 



Large EVERGREENS and 

 DECIDUOUS TREES for sale 



Write for list. Digging EVERGREENS Now. 



THE F.E.CONINE NURSERY CO. 



STRATFORD, CONN. 



