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



Landscape Architecture 



HENRY HICKS, Cornell University, College of Agriculture 



HAROLD TRUESDEL PATTERSON, of Harvard School of Landscape Architecture 



ARNOLD P. KOHLER, Civil Engineer 



O those desiring landscape advice we offer our services for all classes 

 of artistic work in connection with the landscape development of 

 grounds surrounding private dwellings in city, or suburbs, or country; 

 on new estates, or the renovation of old estates, either large or small ; 

 parks, and landscape forestry ; and to make detailed reports on special 

 problems in connection with landscape architecture. 



The method of procedure necessitates a visit of examination, to 



determine the proper treatment of the property, as the location and orientation of 

 the house, stable and outbuildings ; subdivisions, as lawn, flower and vegetable 

 gardens, service and laundry courts ; the courses of the drives and walks ; the arrange- 

 ment of groves of trees and shrubbery for the beauty of form and color in the house 

 picture, in framing distant views, and in screening objectionable features from sight. 

 Plans, specifications, estimates and superintendence of construction are furnished in 

 connection with this work. 



It is obviously clear that the Landscape Architect should be employed from the 

 beginning, to give the dwelling the proper relation to views, divisions of the property, 

 necessary approaches, natural drainage and prevailing winds. The house should be 

 placed to fit the ground, and all approaches, divisions and views should be planned 

 for before the house is built. The ideal design makes a single unit or composition 

 of the house and all the parts surrounding it ; the house fits the grounds ; the drives 

 and paths approach correctly ; and the various other buildings are arranged to suit 

 the peculiar needs of that particular place. Convenience and beauty are the primary 

 qualities of a good design. 



We can lay the foundation of this work for you by submitting plans and advice, 

 for the present and future, for the working out of a definite and tangible ideal to- 

 ward which all steps may progress. 



Landscape Forestry as applied to Long Island conditions is the slow and sytem- 

 atic development of the trees in the closely growing, monotonous woods into a di- 

 versified and interesting forest of wide-spreading trees, which show the characteristic 

 beauty of their species. This development of the woodland is obtained through 

 judicious selection of the trees to remain as the future forest, and gradually pre- 

 paring them for changed conditions. These are naturally those kinds best suited to 

 produce the picturesque results suggested by the situation. The aim is to obtain the 

 fullest degree of forest beauty under existing conditions. 



There are many excellent residential sites, now shut in and unattractive, which 

 may be developed in three to five years by Landscape Forestry and by clearing the 

 woods for future lawns, vistas and breezeways. 



We are prepared to make reports on landscape problems, forestry, seaside plant- 

 ing and horticultural questions. 



The fees for these services are reasonable, varying with the classes and con- 

 ditions of work. 



ISAAC HICKS & SON 



'Westbury Station, Long Island, New York 



