Evergreen Trees 



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ISAAC HICKS & SON 



The old way was to plant trees i to 4 feet high in the spring, and wait several years for results. 

 By our way, select, write or telephone orders, and evergreens 20 to 40 feet high are delivered any 

 week in the year. They don't know they have been moved. By the old way many failed, and 

 discouraged planters used but few evergreens, resulting in bare, bleak landscapes. Evergreen foliage 

 constantly calls on the roots for sap. The resin hardens if the roots become dry, and sap cannot 

 flow again. Roots are broken by packing in boxes ; and during transit, heat, mould or dry out. 

 Thousands of dollars worth tf evergreens die from delay, as waiting for floats across New York 



harbor. More die from inability 

 of newly planted roots, trans- 

 planted with little or no earth on 

 them, to supply the foliage with 

 sap. An Oak moved with full 

 foliage would not live. By our 

 method the roots are in a large 

 ball of earth. From Westbury, 

 stone roads radiate, permitting 

 quick transportation. Our movers 

 carry vertically or horizotally. 



Large trees make immediate, 

 mature and artistic results. In 

 the formal garden, lawn or shel- 

 ter-belt, results may be attained 

 which in the famous gardens of 

 England and Italy have required 

 a century. Evergreens up to 

 25 feet in height can be shipped 

 by rail or barge. 



Small evergreens 6 inches to 

 6 feet high are offered by the 

 thousand. The same methods 



Walk in rose garden at " Castlegould," arched with large evergreens planted 

 by our Evergreen Tree-Mover. Between the evergreen arches are arches of Crim- 

 son Rambler Roses. 



insure success. 



ARBORVITAL. Thuya 



WHITE. CEDAR OF THE NORTHERN STATES 



American. T. occidentalis. The common Arbor- 

 vitae is generally used for hedges, as it stands 

 pruning well and makes a compact, thick screen. 

 In the winter it turns a brownish green color, but 

 quickly changes to a brighter green in March and 

 April. The following is a partial list of its 

 numerous varieties : 



Siberian. T. occidentalis, var. Wareana ; syn., 

 T. Sibirica. This valuable variety has dense com- 

 pact foliage of pure green color, even in winter. 

 It grows more slowly than the American, and 

 needs less trimming. We offer uniform sheared 

 specimens 2 to 8 feet high for formal planting. 



Pyramidal. 7\ occidentalis, var. pyramidalis. A 

 dark green column suitable for decorating ter- 

 races, formal gardens, or for planting in tubs. 

 We offer symmetrical specimens 4 to 6 feet 

 high. 



Booth's. T. occidentalis, var. Boothii. A globe 

 of compact foliage. We have plants 5 feet wide, 

 resembling boxwood, trained as accurately as 

 with a lathe, .for terrace decoration 



Globe. T. occidentalis, var. globosa ; syn., occi- 

 dentalis compactaglobosa. A dwarf button-shaped 

 form of bright green foliage, growing about 

 2 feet wide, and less in height. 



Golden, or George Peabody. T. occidentalis, var. 

 lutea. Small trees of a deep orange-yellow color. 

 Useful in beds of evergreens. 



Chinese. T. orientalis; syn., Biota orientalis. 

 This distinct species is a small pyramidal ever- 

 green with flattened upright twigs arranged radi- 

 ally. It is occasionally injured by winter. 



Rollinson's Golden. T orientalis, var. elegan- 

 tissima. In spring and summer it is a beautiful 

 golden tint, and in winter bronze. 



RED CXDAR. Juniperus Virginiana 



This and the Pitch Pine are the most abundant evergreens on Long Island. It adapts its roots 

 to dry and sterile gravel ridges, or to the beach, where they are occasionally covered by a high tide. 

 The foliage stands salt spray well. Evaporation from the foliage is slow, and it will stand drought 

 and dry cold winter winds. Planted on lawns, and fertilized and trimmed, it becomes a handsome, 

 columnar or broadly conical tree, compact, solid and of good green color. It is generally considered 

 difficult to transplant. 



