Westbury Nurseries and the 



Hicks Patent Tree-Mobers 



ISAAC HICKS & SON 



Westbury Station, Nassau County, Long Island, New York 



TLLE.PHONE, CONNECTION 



Illustrated by photographs of trees Ivhich habe been mobed, and of places most 

 of Ivhich Ivere planted Ivith stock from the Westbury Nurseries 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 

 2 



Business terms ; Horticultural questions ; Scien- 

 tific pruning and tree preservation ; Skilled 

 labor for planting. 



SEASIDE PLANTING LIST 5 



CHART OF CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF LONG 

 ISLAND . . 6 



PART I. 



TREE-MOVING 



I. THE MOVING OF LARGE DECIDUOUS 



TREES . 18 



II. THE MOVING OF LARGE EVERGREEN 



TREES 20 



PART II. 



DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ORNAMENTAL STOCK. 



I. DECIDUOUS TREES 21 



Beech, Linden, Maple, Oak, etc. 



II. EVERGREEN TREES 37 



Coniferous, or Cone-bearing Evergreens ; 

 Fir, Pine, Retinospora, Spruce, Yew, etc. 



III. FLOWERING SHRUBS 45 



Azalea, Althea, Deutzia, Golden Bell, Jap- 

 anese Maple, Magnolia, Privet, Snowball, 

 Weigela, etc. 



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IV. BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREEN SHRUBS . 54 



Boxwood, Holly, Laurel, Rhododendron, 

 Myrtle, etc. 



V. VINES, CREEPERS AND COVER PLANTS . 58 



A k e b i a , Clematis, Honeysuckle, Ivy, 

 Trumpet Creeper, Wistaria. 



VI. ROSES . 61 



VII. FORMAL GARDEN MATERIAL 64 



Standard, or Bay-tree-form Privet, Box- 

 wood, Sheared Pyramid and Dome Ever- 

 greens, Trained Evergreen and Privet 

 Arches, Arbors, Terra-Cotta Vases, Tubs, 

 etc. 



VIII. HARDY GARDEN FLOWERS 67 



Anemone, Aster, Columbine, Hollyhock, 

 Iris, Larkspur, Peony, Pink, Golden 

 Glow, Yucca, etc. 



IX. HARDY FLOWER CALENDAR 76 



PART III. 



FRUIT TREES AND SMALL FRUITS 



I. APPLES, PEARS, PLUMS, CHERRY, 

 GRAPES, CURRANTS, GOOSEBERRY, 

 RASPBERRY, STRAWBERRY, NUTS, 

 ASPARAGUS, RHUBARB, ETC. . . 78 



INDEX 88 



Copyright 1904, by Isaac Hicks & Son 



