ISAAC HICKS & SON 3 Preface 



jr - Westbury Nurseries are located on the Jericho turnpike, a continua- 



- - tion of Fulton street, Brooklyn, one mile north of Westbury, on the 

 main line of the Long Island railroad, having eighteen trains daily. We are three 

 miles from Mineola, which has fifty trains per day and a trolley line to Freeport. 

 Public hacks may be obtained at the stations. The good roads of the region add 

 pleasure to a drive to inspect the beautiful flowers and trees. The rare evergreens 

 make a winter visit nearly as interesting as one in spring or summer. Trees selected 

 are reserved until the planting season. 



Being centrally located, even trees of large size are quickly delivered by wagon 

 to distant points as Far Rockaway, Brooklyn, New York, Great Neck, Northport or 

 Islip, and to more distant points by rail. 



Planting Season and T , lle method of growing - d ; gg ! g ' < s P in g 



- 2 - planting is more important than the time. With 

 TG& jy[ol?in@. our improved methods we are moving trees, especially 

 evergreens, all the year round. In spring the plant- 

 ing season begins about March i, when frost is out of the ground, and continues until 

 about the middle of May. Shrubs, and some varieties of trees, may be moved the last 

 of May, and later, if a ball of earth is kept on the roots, or if they are kept moist and 

 planted immediately. Thus newly completed houses can have hedges and shrub- 

 beries planted about them in midsummer. August and September are favorable 

 times for planting Pine, Spruce, Boxwood, Cedar and other evergreens. In autumn 

 the transplanting of deciduous trees may begin three or four weeks before the leaves 

 fall. Usually, transplanting begins at or before the middle of October, and con- 

 tinues until the middle of December, or later. Besides fall and spring, the moving 

 of deciduous trees may be done any mild day in winter if the ground is not frozen 

 deeply, or if it has been mulched to keep out the frost. In winter large evergreens 

 may be moved to advantage, as our invention saves the feeding roots outside the 

 balls of earth. Some deciduous trees, as Magnolia, Tulip and Liquidambar, prefer 

 spring to autumn. Evergreens without a ball of earth on the roots require spring 

 planting. Early orders and selections are an advantage. 



P r i ces are usually quoted for trees dug and loaded at the 

 Nursery. A moderate charge is made for delivery propor- 

 tionate to distance and expense. Large trees on a tree-mover are priced according 

 to labor, teams and mover used, or are priced delivered, with or without assistance 

 in planting. Stock shipped will be carefully packed in straw bales or boxes, charged 

 at cost. Delivery to railroad is free, where our responsibility ceases. Accounts will 

 be subject to sight draft sixty days from date of shipment. Unknown correspondents 

 should send satisfactory references or cash with order. Money orders may be 

 obtained for Westbury Station, Nassau county, New York. 



Notification of errors in count, etc., should be made promptly, so that they may 

 be corrected. The living of trees depends upon so many conditions of weather 

 and after-care beyond the nurserymen's control, that it is not possible for us to 

 guarantee trees to live after leaving the nursery in good condition, without previous 

 special agreement and price to that effect. We desire that all our patrons should 

 be satisfied, and, if not, we wish to be so informed promptly. No complaints will 

 be considered after fifteen days from delivery. While we exercise great care to 

 keep varieties true to name, in case varieties of fruit, etc., prove not true to name, 

 we will not be held responsible for a greater amount than the original price of the 

 trees. Late in the season we may be out of some varieties of fruit, and we will 



