Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Y. Evergreens 



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Evergreens 



The question arises: What will evergreens do to enhance the beauty and value of my property? Every 

 owner has ideals for the future development of his land. Do these ideals include a grove of Pine, a wind- 

 break of Spruce trees, a Pine-forested hill or a valley with Hemlock-covered slopes? Have journeys to the 

 northern mountains given memories of Balsam, Pine and Spruce that you would like to see reproduced 

 near home? This can, in large measure, be 

 accomplished. The evergreens of northern 

 latitudes, as the Hemlock and White Pine, 

 are native on Long Island; but the axe of the 

 early settlers and the fires have nearly ex- 

 terminated them, and it is necessary to plant 

 to give our winter landscapes the beauty, 

 interest and cheerfulness that the climate 

 permits. 



The utilitarian value of evergreens is 

 but little understood. They have been re- 

 garded as the extravagant and isolated orna- 

 ments on the lawn. That is partly the fault 

 of the nurserymen for not growing them in 

 large quantities and offering them at low 

 prices. 



To aid in deciding what to order, we 

 state the merits and limitations of each 

 species. We offer evergreens in nearly every 

 size, price and variety that can be used in 

 this region. It remains for you to decide to 

 what extent evergreens will help your prop- 

 erty, and what size will suit your purposes. 



For immediate results, we have the 

 largest-sized evergreens on the market, and, 

 what is equally important, have invented 

 and constructed several types of tree-moving 

 machinery for successfully moving large 

 evergreens. 



On the other hand, if small evergreens 

 will best suit your purposes, we believe that 

 we have the largest quantity that has ever 

 been grown in the northeastern United 

 States. It has heretofore been the custom 

 to import small evergreens from Europe, but a 

 long test has proven that most of the kinds 

 native to Europe are not permanently hardy or handsome here. 



If medium-sized trees, from 2 to 5 feet high, will best suit your requirements, we feel certain 

 that no better trees can be grown than those here offered. Our stock has been trained to have abundant 

 fibrous roots, and will be dug in a way to insure excellent results. 



How many to order depends on the area to be covered and the distance apart. Evergreens love com- 

 pany. The mutual protection of a grove where one tree shelters another from the drying winds, adds to 

 their beauty and usefulness. The individual tree will be much more dense in foliage when it is surrounded 

 by a grove of other trees. "Plant thick, thin quick," is the summary of a discussion on this subject by a 

 convention of landscape architects and park superintendents. Both parts of this rule are more important 

 with evergreens than with deciduous trees. We have made it possible to plant thickly by offering evergreens 

 in large quantities and at low prices, and our tree-moving inventions make it easy and safe to thin safely 

 at the proper time, and utilize these trees for other planting or for sale. Before our method of tree-moving, 

 it was customary to cut down and throw away such trees, because evergreens over 9 feet high were often 

 thought too big to move successfully. 



The distance apart will, therefore, depend upon how quickly you wish results and upon how windy 

 the situation is. 



For a screen belt, evergreens may be planted 5 to 12 feet apart. The group should be 15 feet wide, 



Vista of tall Red Cedars moved by us on Hicks Tree- Movers in the 

 Italian Garden of Mr. Stanley Mortimer, Roslyn, L. I. This vista 

 leads to the Villa d'Este circle described on page 9. The ground 

 is carpeted with moss pink. 



