An immediate result 1>y the use of the Hicks Evergreen Tree-Mover. Italian winter garden formed by evergreen 

 hedges. At the right are evergreen arches backed by groups of Silver Fir and other evergreens 25 to 30 feet high, making 

 a sheltered nook for the children on windy winter days. " Roslyn House," the residence of Mr. Stanley Mortimer. 



Formal Garden Material 



One of the main reasons why the formal gardens of Italy, France and England are especially beau- 

 tiful is because the native trees of the country have been used in the development of their designs. 



Extravagant and humiliating failures fre- 

 quently result from trying to attain similar 

 effects here with the same species used 

 there. Gardens planted with these tender, 

 imported trained trees are pleasing for a time, 

 but nature takes its revenge ; the English 

 Yew gets ragged and brown, the English 

 Holly dies and some others look unhappy. 

 The trouble simply is that the trees are 

 imported from the wrong climate. Our 

 Soil and Climate Chart gives general locali- 

 ties producing flora hardy here. 



We have trained trees adapted to this 

 climate for the various purposes of formal 

 gardens. Many of these large trees are pre- 

 pared for moving on tree-movers. This is 

 the only way to obtain trees in scale with 

 large gardens. 



STANDARD, or BAY TREE, 

 FORM TREES 



PRIVET 



We offer 100 with heads 3 and 4 feet wide, 

 stems 3, 4, 5 and 6 feet. Heads as symmet- 

 rical as if turned by a lathe and flat on the 

 base. (See illustrations on pages 23 and 65.) 



CATALPA BUNQE,! 



Heads 2 l / 2 to 6 feet wide, symmetrically 

 pruned and dense ; stems 2% to 4 inches in 

 diameter ; 3 to 7 feet high. (See page 23. ) 



One i.i a pair of standards trained to be moved to a terrace on 

 top of the bluff at Port Washington. Height 21 feet, spread 15 feet, 

 diameter of stem 12 inches. An interior frame of our invention holds 

 the form through wind and ice storms. 



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