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



Grooe of Austrian Pine near the breakwater at Pratt Estate, Glen Cove, showing their ability to stand salt spray 



Pine, Mugho, continued 



Plant at the foundations of buildings, at the 

 angles of roads and paths and to feather down 

 a group of tall evergreens. 



Scrub. P. contorta. A vigorous, rapid -growing 

 species, having the appearance of the Pitch and 

 Jack Pines. It makes numerous side branches 

 at intervals along each season's growth and, 

 therefore, it forms a dense top. Native from 

 Alaska southward. 



Jack. P. divaricata; syn., Banksiana. The Jack 

 Pine. Grows on the thinnest and driest soils; 

 across the bay from Mount Desert we have seen 

 it growing in an inch of rock fragments on top 

 of granite. In the nursery it is one of the most 

 rapid-growing Pines, with an irregular, pictur- 

 esque top. 



Bull, or Western Yellow. P. ponder osa. The 

 most important timber Pine of the Rocky moun- 

 tains. It resembles the Austrian Pine, but has 

 longer, whitish green needles. 



Pinus parviflora. A Pine from eastern Asia that 

 is worthy a place in collections of choice trees. 

 It is a neat tree of moderate growth and beauti- 

 ful blue-green color. It is a good companion to 

 the Swiss Stone Pine, being more irregular 

 and picturesque in growth. 



Swiss Stone. P. cembra. A tree for small groups 

 where a large tree would be out of place. It is a 

 compact, symmetrical tree of blue-green color. 



Rocky Mountain White, or Limber. P. flexilis. 

 A rare species from the Rocky mountains. Hardy 

 and of slow growth. 



Bhutan. P. excelsa; syn., P. Nephalensis. The 

 Himalayan representative of the White Pine. 

 It is a very handsome young tree with luxuriant 

 long foliage, making a dense, broad pyramid. 

 The leaves are longer than the White Pine and 

 hang down. Unfortunately, this Pine was partly 

 winter-killed in the winter of 1903-04 under the 

 Ked Fine :(f. resinosa) on i the estate of Mr. Chas. R. same conditions that killed California Privet. 



Jsteele, Westbury, L. I. This is one of the most sturdy and It is worth planting with other Pines and especi- 



beautiful Pines, and planters are fortunate that we can offer ally on dry soils where the winter-killing need not 



a stock of specimens larger than this. be feared. 



