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



White Pines in Westbury Nurseries, \% ft. high, 4 yrs. Bushy plants, with good roots and not crowded. The size for 



economical planting, and old enough to grow rapidly 



White Pine, continued 



If you wish a forest planted, we will visit the ground, report, and may be able to do part of the work. 

 The Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture sends experts to inspect forest property 

 and report on the best treatment. 



So much for the forestry side of the White Pine. Most of our customers are interested in its use for 

 ornament, windbreak and screen. 



White Pines are very rapid in their growth. We can show you plants that have grown from I foot to 9 feet 



in height in three seasons. Such a tree is apt 



to be open in its young stage, and a slightly 



slower growth will make a denser tree. The 



White Pine may be made to grow in a dense 



form by nipping back the tips of the leading 



side shoots in June or July. If it seems too 



large for your situation, try this experiment 



and you will be surprised to see what hand- 

 some, dense foliage it will make 



White Pines are easy to transplant. The 



loss from transplanting is very small or fre- 

 quently nothing. It naturally makes an 



abundance of fibrous roots and no tap-root. 



It is able to recover quickly from the shock 



of transplanting, even with a small amount of 



roots. 



We have the White Pine in all sizes, 



from 2 inches to 40 feet high, and can trans- 

 plant them with equal success; in fact, with 



the large sizes we recall no failures. August 



and September planting has been just as 



successful as March, April and May. With 



the sizes above 10 feet transplanting from 



7 wo methods of packing small Evergreens. On the left, ball of earth in burlap; on the right, roots coated with thick mud 

 to prevent evaporation, and packed in damp sphagnum moss 



