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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Y.EI?ergreens 



Planting of small Pines on estate of Mr. E. D. Morgan. The heavier growth on the left illustrates the fact that the section 

 of the genus containing the Scotch, Pitch and Austrian Pines grow faster when young than the White Pines on the right 



Pitch Pine, continued 



Sand bluffs along the shore of Long Island Sound 

 are rapidly wasting away, narrowing the lawns and 

 sometimes endangering residences. Sea-walls 

 hold the bottom. Pitch Pine will help hold the 

 sliding bank at a steeper angle than sod. The 

 sod requires that the bank be graded back less 

 steep, needs good soil, roots only a few inches 

 deep and may slip or dry out. Pitch Pine, Cedar and 

 other evergreens root deeply, thrive on sterile sand 

 and salt spray and work all the year. Damage is 

 most severe in winter. The wind blows the sand 

 loose ; even when frozen, and, thawing, lets the sur- 

 face slide. The drifting snow carries sand with it. 



Pitch Pine, continued 



Beating rains gully out the bluff and carry the 

 sand down. Pitch Pine will check all this. It 

 keeps the wind off, holds the snow, prevents th e 

 frequent thawing, and lessens the gullying by 

 the rain. Its deep roots anchor it and check 

 sliding, and it holds the accumulating leaf-mold 

 from the trees and shrubs which should accom- 

 pany it. Road banks, steep terrace slopes, old 

 sand pits, all provide economical uses for Pitch 

 Pine. For holding sand dunes it may be worth 

 thousands of dollars to many landowners. On 

 Cape Cod the government uses it to prevent the 

 drifting of sand. Plant 5 to 10 feet apart. 



Residence of Mr. J. S. Phipps, Westbury, L. I. White Pines planted by us on Hicks Tree-Mover, June, 1907, photo- 

 graphed August, '07. We have large Pines ready for immediate delivery any week in the year, and have invented methods 

 to make them succeed. 



