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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Y. Deciduous Trees 



Magnolias 



The Magnolias like Long Island and maintain good health here. Therefore Long Islanders should 

 plant them extensively, not as single specimens, but in groups and belts as other trees and shrubs are 

 planted. The reason they like Long Island was discovered by Dr. Asa Gray, the famous botanist. Magnolias 

 are native of only eastern North America and eastern Asia. They once inhabited Greenland, Iceland, etc., 

 and were driven south during the glacial epoch in these two regions because of their similarity of climate. 

 Magnolias have been rare, high-priced and difficult to get from nurseries in quantity, and reputed difficult 

 to transplant. We have changed all this. We determined to have a plenty, and collected large quantities 

 of seed from the magnificently complete collection of the late Charles A. Dana, and elsewhere. Our stock 

 is frequently transplanted and root-pruned. Therefore they have a close mass of fibrous roots and can be 

 economically moved with balls of earth. They are sure to live, grow vigorously, keep in good foliage and 

 furnish a wealth of beautiful flowers and showy red seed vessels every year. 



The landscape grouping of Magnolias is not difficult. They are rounded in form, full at the base, and 

 as harmonious in foliage with ordinary planting as Dogwood, Virburnum, Golden Bell, Privet, Beech, 

 Linden, Sugar Maple, Pin Oak and Tulip Tree. The exceptions are the large-leaved species, Macrophylla, 

 Tripetala, Hypoleuca and Frazeri, which have tropical foliage and can be planted in parts of the lawn 

 dedicated to unusual plants, or used to decorate, by contrast, the borders of the woodland and swamp. 



Who will be the first to have a Magnolia and Azalea garden, or to transform a pond or stream into 

 a Water Lily garden surrounded by a bower of beauty, by planting Magnolias around it.? 



Early Spring-flowering, March to May. Native to Asia- 

 Hall's, Kobus, Yulan, Purple. 



Hybrids of the last two Soulangeana, Alba 

 superba, Alexandria, Speciosa, Lenne. 



June-Flowering 



Umbrella, Large-leaved, Hypoleuca, Eraser's 

 Parviflora, Watsoni, Cucumber, Sweet Bay. 



Sweet Bay Magnolia, a beautiful flower that you can 

 have in quantity at no greater cost than ordinary shrubs. They 

 appear for a long time in early summer. 



July- and August-flowering 

 Parviflora, Purple, Lenne. 



Trees- 

 Cucumber, Kobus, Umbrella, Large-leaved, Hy- 

 poleuca. 



Shrubs 



Hall's, Sweet Bay, Yulan, Soulangeana, Alba 

 superba, Alexandria, Speciosa, Lenne, Parviflora, 

 Watsoni. 



Big Tropical Foliage- 

 Large-leaved, Umbrella, Hypoleuca, Fraser's. 



Abundant Ornamental Fruit 



Sweet Bay, Umbrella, Cucumber, Kobus, Frazeri. 



Feeble Growers 



Parviflora, Watsoni. 



Tender 



Grandiflora (Southern Evergreen Magnolia), 

 Purple (slightly tender), Lenne (slightly tender). 



Semi - Evergreen 



Sweet Bay. 



AMERICAN SPECIES 



Sweet Bay. Magnolia glauca. Laurel Magnolia. 

 This, especially, should be planted in large groups; 

 it grows better and looks better so. In winter 

 it keeps part of its foliage and it is the brightest 

 green of the broad-leaved evergreens. It will 

 make a healthy bush or small tree 8 to 1 5 feet high . 



The flowers and foliage most closely resemble 

 the famous Southern Magnolia, because it is 

 most closely related to it. The graceful, globular, 

 cup-shaped flowers are delightfully fragrant. 

 Color cream-white. They are sold in June and 

 July in large quantities by the flower venders 

 of New York, who bend back the petals to make 

 the flowers look larger. 



It is native to Long Island between Speonk 

 and Westhampton. Professor Hollick, of the 

 New York Botanical Garden, uses this and 

 several other species to demonstrate that Long 

 Island, New Jersey, Block Island, Nantucket 

 and the Cape Cod region, were once connected. 

 As plants of the southern sandy coastal plain 

 flora moved north on the retreat of the ice sheet, 

 they came up this costal plain. They could not 

 travel through the flora of the rocky upland of 

 northern New Jersey and Connecticut, therefore., 



