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



Siloer Maples from our blocks of extra-sized trees sup- 

 plied to the late Hon. Win. C. Whitney, Old Westbury. 

 We have a large quantity of trees of the same age, 1 8 years, 

 that are trained to broad ovate tops and single leaders. 



Maple, Silver, continued 



place of the Elm on many of our roads, for the 

 Elm does not reach its typical development on 

 Long Island. If the problem is to shade a house 

 or porch, these Maples, 20 to 40 feet high, will 

 add the most comfort and beauty for the least 

 co&t. The Silver Maple is not fitted to parts of 

 the Rockaway peninsula. 



Wier's Weeping Cut-Leaf Silver. A. sac- 

 charinum var. Wieri. A variety of the 

 Silver Maple, with long, gracefully curving 

 branches. 



Sugar, Rock, or Hard. A . saccharum; syn., 

 saccharinum. The Sugar Maple is a tall, 

 ovate tree, which thrives best on the deep 

 soils on the north shore of Long Island 

 and reaches its highest beauty on the rocky 

 soils of New England and westward. 



Scarlet, or Red. A . rubrum. A strong, Oak- 

 like tree, beautiful and healthy in all situa- 

 tions. It is native to both swamps and up- 

 lands on Long Island. It has brilliant 

 autumn foliage. We offer trees 30 feet high, 

 suitable for massing or single specimens. 



Mulberry Morus 



The Mulberries are large and wide-spread- 

 ing, vigorous and rapid in growth, making 

 beautiful shade trees. 

 New American and Downing'* Everbear* 



ing. M.alba. Varieties cultivated for fruit, 

 and also handsome broad shade trees. 



Mulberry, continued 



Russian. M. alba, var. Tatarica. A small tree 

 of dense foliage, suited to large groups of shrub- 

 bery. It was introduced into the western states 

 by the Russian Mennonites and recently the fol- 

 lowing variety was found. 



Weeping. M. alba, var. Tatarica pendula. Teas' 

 Weeping Mulberry. This is the best of the um- 

 brella-shaped trees, such as Kilmarnock Willow, 

 Camperdown Elm, Weeping Ash, etc. It grows 

 7 feet per year, and has healthy foliage of a rich 

 dark green. The fruit is edible. The usual form 

 is grafted on a stem 4 feet high, from which the 

 branches droop to the ground. 



It may be trained as a garden arch or pergola, 

 or as a summer-house or verdant tent at the end 

 of a garden walk, or as a children's play-house. 

 We offer them trained as a summer-house with 

 iron supports, from 5 to 8 feet high. Trained to 

 a stake, its graceful sprays fall to the ground 

 like a fountain jet. 



We also grow it as a shrub, when it heaps up 

 masses of arching branches 4 feet high and 8 feet 

 wide, and best used for massing or edging shrub- 

 bery and for covering steep banks. 



Paulownia Empress Tree 



Paulownia imperialis. A tall, broad tree like 

 the Catalpa. Its large blue flowers, borne in 

 panicles often a foot long, are not conspicuous, 

 because of their height and resemblance to the 

 color of the sky. Blooms in May. Fragrant. 



Peach Prunus 



Double-flowering. Prunus Persica, var. camellicE- 

 flora plena. Small trees covered in early spring, 

 with a wealth ot beautiful double blossoms; white, 

 pink or crimson. 



Pepperidge Nyssa 



Nyssa sylvatica. Sour Gum. To lovers of brilliant 

 autumn colors this tree is a favorite. It is native 

 to most of the Long Island forests. Its branches 

 are horizontally arranged and the foliage small 

 and glossy. 



Weeping Mulberry, trained as play-house. The trees we offer are 

 now five years older than when photographed 



