October 10, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



519 



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Bargains in Shade Trees 

 And Evergreens 



Why We Are Offering Them So Low 



IT'S not because business is poor, 

 for in spite of the war, we are 

 liceping over a liundred men as 

 busy as they can be, digging, 

 pacliing and shipping orders. 



This unexpected Fall business 

 wo attribute to two things. First, 

 pciiplo are ail at onoe getting 

 :i\vaUo to the fact that Fall is 

 .irtiKillv the best time for most 

 planting. People, who before 

 would not buy in the Fall, as 

 much as a few hardy plants of us, 

 wlien we have urged them ; have 

 come this season in their autos, 

 and gone away with their running 

 boards loaded with them, besides 

 several good sized evergreens fill- 

 ing up the back seat space. 



lioth the big and little buyers 



have come just as we have been 



advcrtisUii; for them to come, for the last ten years. 



Henry Ford, the famous automobile maker, took 



four carloads of Evergreens, big and little, last Fall, 



and three more cars were shipped to him this season. 



Reason Number Two for people buying more this 



Fail, is because they have found out the undebatable, 



superiority of our stock, as to growth, dense, shapely 



formed tops, and the advantages of transplanting 



trees with a compact mass of tine roots that can be 



dug and shipped entirely without injury to them. 



So much for that side of our business; now as to 



why we have made certain reductions in our 



Shade Trees and Evergreens. 



briefly : Because some of them will be 



crowding each other in another year. When 



liis has happened before, we have always 



Blue Spruce. 



moved them to give all the 

 room to grow, needed for 

 making tine expansive 

 tops. But now we have 

 this growing down to such 

 a flue point, with more 

 trees continually coming 

 along, the line growing 

 higher; we have figured it 

 out that it is better for us 

 to sell a certain number of 

 our trees and cut right off 

 their prices what it would 

 cost to move them. 



MAPLES. 



The big maples, for in- 

 stance, that used to cost 

 the Pittsburgh steel man. 

 .$90.00, you can buy today, 

 for $45.00. 



Here are some other 

 prices: 



High. Diam. Spread. Age. 



20 ft. 5 in. l:f ft. Hi .vrs. $4.->.0(l; ledu.eil to $28.00 

 24 ft. 6 in. 14 ft. 18 .vrs. 

 ■36 ft. 7 in. 1« ft. 30 yrs. 



Norway .Maple Inches i 



DiiunHer. 20 ft. HlBli. 



and 18 ft. .Spread. 



Bit. Ill): reduced to :i5.00 

 811.011; reduced to 50.00 



4 ft. high. 



5 '* 

 8 



10 

 12 



.@. 



rfduced to 



$13.3;i 

 20.00 

 70.00 



ino.oo 



150.00 



WHITE PINES. 



. . . S20.00 per 10 



... 30.00 •• 10; 



... 140.00 " 10; 



.. . 200.00 " 10; 



. .. 270.00 •' 10; 

 October and November is the time to plant them, 

 and the time they are most needed. 



Everything you buy of Hicks is guaranteed not 

 only to grow, but grow satisfactorily. Anything not 

 satisfactory, we will cheerfully replace, whether it is a 

 2-foot high evergreen or a Norway Maple, having a 

 12-foot spread. 



Now for business — what can we sell you? Our 

 catalogs you are welcome to. A visit to our Nurseries 

 is worth .your while. Come and pick out just what 

 you want. You will get exactly what you pick out. 



[f icks |rG^ 



Isaac Hicks &>§>on 



Wostburu ■ Lonj^ Island 



Fine Ferns Ready for Immediate 

 Retail Sale 



We offer the following varieties of Ferns in the sizes speci- 

 fied, which we have in perfect shape at this time. 



Nephrolepis muscosa, 3/4-inch, 25c; 5-inch, 50c each. 



Nephrolepis elegantissima, 6-inch, 50c; 8-inch, $1.00; 10-inch 



$2.00 each. 



Nephrolepis elegantissima compacta, 3>^-inch, 25c; 6-inch 

 50c; 8-inch, $1.00 each. 



Nephrolepis superbissima, 6-inch, 50c each. 



Nephrolepis magnifica, 5-inch. 50c each. 



Nephrolepis Piersoni, 6-inch, 50c; 8-inch, $1.00 each. 



Nephrolepis, Dwarf Boston, 8-inch, $1.00 each. 



Nephrolepis Harrisii, 6-inch, 50c; 10-inch, $2.00 to $3.00; 

 12-inch, very large plants, $5.00. 



F. R. PIERSON CO. 



TARRYTCWN, NE."W YORK 



JAPANESE 



Bamboo Canes 



Just the thing for 



Stalcing Plants and 



Small Trees 



Per BunJle 



6 feet (1000 to bundle) $6.00 



6 feet (2000 to bundle) 11.00 



8 feet (1000 to bundle) 9.00, 



10 feet (500 to bundle) 6.00 



12 feet (100 to bundle) 4.00 



14 feet (100 to bundle) 5.00 



16 feet (100 to bundle) 7.00 



STUMPP& WALTER CO. 



30 and 32 Barclay Street 



NEW YORK 



