Moving Large Trees 



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ISAAC HICKS & SON 



White Spruce planted by the residence of the late Hon. William C. Whitney, 

 Wheatley Hills, L. I. At the right, an extra-sized Norway Maple. 



The Moving of Large ILvergreen Trees 



The moving of large evergreen trees requires a somewhat different method, owing to the fact 

 that their foliage is constantly calling on the roots for moisture, and therefore a large proportion of 



the roots should be in undisturbed 

 contact with the soil. 



The resinous sap of the roots is 

 hardened if the roots are exposed 

 for a few hours, and does not 

 readily circulate again. The roots 

 of a deciduous tree are not in- 

 jured nearly as quickly by expos- 

 ure to the air, and it is not neces- 

 sary to keep them in contact with 

 the soil. The methods we have 

 invented safely hold the mass of 

 earth solid even when the soil is 

 of gravel and easily broken. The 

 outer feeding-roots are preserved 

 and not exposed to the air. 



While it is not possible to move 

 an evergreen 50 feet high with as 

 small expense as a maple, still 

 trees 20 to 35 feet are economi- 

 cally and safely moved, and many hundred large evergreens we have moved demonstrate the success 

 of our method. 



The series of photographs inadequately portrays achievements 

 in producing landscape beauty heretofore believed impossible. 

 The painter, sculptor, architect and musician attain results on the 

 completion of their work. The landscape architect may now do 

 the same, instead of waiting fifteen to fifty years. One of the 

 most difficult tasks in composing a landscape is to screen adja- 

 cent houses, stables, roads and other objectionable features. This 

 may be done by planting large trees, and then the balance of the 

 landscape and water views often compose themselves into most 

 satisfactory form. This problem of screening adjacent property 

 has thus been most happily solved in the many colonies of country 

 residences on the shores of Long Island, avoiding the vexatious 



delays of waiting 

 for small trees. 

 If these screens 

 are made of large 

 evergreens it will 

 permit the length- 

 en i n g of the 

 country season, 

 perhaps change 

 the residence into 

 an all - the - year 

 home. 



One of twenty While Pines, 25 to 45 feet 

 high, prepared for moving on our Mover 

 No. 13, one of the two we have invented 

 for moving these trees horizontally. 



A picturesque Japanese effect. Cedar being moved 

 for Mr. Robert L. Stevens. 



A windbreak of Pine, Spruce, Cedar and other ever- 

 greens on the north side of a residence, terrace, formal 

 garden or lawn, render possible out-of-door life on 

 bleak, cold and windy winter days. 



The demand for large evergreens to embellish formal 

 gardens and give a mature and finished appearance has 

 led to our training them in symmetrical form for vistas, 

 terraces and decoration of old-fashioned gardens. 



