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



Oak, continued 



forest crops. Invention cannot remove the necessity of forestry. Remove the mystery, lessen the fire risk, 

 and capital and state will take hold of forestry. Stockholders in railroads, manufacturers and consumers 

 will all be educated by your forest. An Oak, Hickory and Pine forest will give the highest beauty, because 



they will be among the happiest, most luxuri- 

 ant and healthiest trees. Despise not the little 

 tree. It enables you to do big things at low 

 first cost and interest. In eight years a grove 

 of I -foot trees and one of 6-foot trees will look 

 alike. If you want a few trees 15 to 20 feet, 

 that is another proposition. Plant big ones 

 with good roots. 



For seaside planting, some of the Oaks are 

 the best of all. Their thick, leathery foliage 

 stands the caustic salt spray and the grinding 

 action of the sand blast. Their tough arms 

 battle with the gale. Their long-reaching roots 

 gather sustenance from the sand. If a great 

 storm damages the foliage, they have the 

 vigor to make a new, dense growth. The 

 Black, Scarlet, Post, Scrub, and Chestnut Oaks 

 should be included in seaside planting. 



The windbreak value of Oaks is threefold. 

 First, the leaves remain all the year on 

 certain species, especially in the drier soils. 

 Second, even with the species which drop their 

 leaves, their thick, twiggy growth helps. 

 Third, they help the Pines and Spruces, with- 

 out being so thirsty as to rob them. Nature 

 favors that partnership. On the prairie, this 

 combination has made the best shelter belts. 

 If you want trees that will give the least 

 trouble with insects, fungus, drought, winter- 

 killing, plant the kind of Oaks that fit your 

 conditions, and cut back three-quarters of 

 the top. That is the secret of successful 

 transplanting of hardwood trees. 



Large 'Pin Oas in Westbury Nursery, ready for mature results. 

 Trees over 1 2 in. diameter, 30 ft. high and 20 ft. spread 



Pin. Quercus palustris. The Pin Oak has led the 

 way in popularizing the Oaks, because it is easy 

 to transplant. It is of symmetrical, ovate form, 

 with lower branches gracefully spreading down- 

 ward. It has a bright autumn color. It grows 

 rapidly, sometimes 4 feet per year, and thrives 

 on all Long Island soils. The illustrations show 

 Pin Oaks 2 feet in diameter, growing vigorously 

 ten years after we have moved them, showing 

 that the idea that large trees fail is not based on 

 our methods. Large Pin Oaks recover quickly 

 from transplanting, and will often give a good 

 shade the second year. In our Nursery are large 

 quantities of broad Pin Oaks, 20 to 30 and 30 to 

 40 feet high, ready to shade your house, screen 

 unsightly buildings, complete your home picture. 



Red. Q. rubra. The big, gravity-defying, broad- 

 spreading branches, sinewy as a pugilist's arm, 

 show even on the young trees. Of course, the 

 White Oak is the ideal and equals the European 

 Oak of literature, art, and history, but the Red 

 Oak will attain the same qualities earlier. It is 

 well dressed with large, clean foliage that turns 

 deep red in autumn and then falls off. Its growth 

 is as rapid as the Norway, or Sugar Maple. A 

 tree that will always do its work quickly and 

 require no coddling, frequently making 3 feet of 

 growth per year. We offer a good stock" of trees 

 recently transplanted. 



Scarlet. Q. coccinea. Probably the commonest 

 Oak tree on Long Island. Its foliage resembles 

 the Pin Oak, but its lower branches are larger, 

 stronger and spread upward. Its leaves turn to 

 brilliant scarlet late in autumn, and in some soils 

 they remain red all winter. 



For windbreak and all-the-year screen, this 

 leaf-retaining feature is of great value. If you 

 do not trim them, the branches will remain thick 

 and broad to the ground. In drought it thrives 

 and keeps on growing when other trees stop. 



Order 500 Scarlet Oaks and 500 Pines, plant 

 5 to 10 feet apart, and they will do more than 

 five times the investment in shrubs. 



Black. Q. velutina. The Black Oak is the closest 

 relative and companion of the Scarlet Oak, and, 

 by some botanists, considered a variety of the 

 same species. The useful qualities of the Scarlet 

 Oak apply to the Black Oak, with the addition 

 that its thicker, more leathery leaves fit it to 

 stand salt spray. The general appearance of the 

 tree is big and sturdy, and next the surf it makes 

 a low tree, pugnacious and broad-shouldered, 

 with branches to the ground. Miles of sand dunes 

 can be held by it if only they are started. 



Post. Q. stellata. The polished black-green leathery 

 leaves announce this a drought-resister. It is 

 native on the bare, sandy hillsides or on the 

 gravelly seashore. It makes a broad tree. 



