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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Yl Shrubs 



The While Fringe flowers are only a part of its beauty. 

 The dark green massive foliage and sturdy growth give it a 

 dignity surpassing most shrubs. It has been so rare that it 

 has been used as an isolated specimen, but it is best in large 

 groups. With the Magnolia glauca it will make harmo- 

 nious and rich plantations about Long Island water-courses 

 and on upland. 



Hazelnut 



American. There is no reason why the shrub- 

 bery should not bear some useful fruit or 

 nuts, provided the foliage is healthy and 

 harmonious. Copses of Hazel are beautiful, 

 even in winter, with their even-tinted haze 

 of twigs. This species is native in dry and 

 rocky ground. Every country boy ought 

 to know how to get ahead of the chipmunks 

 in gathering them in early September. A 

 group on the lawn will give his suburbanite 

 brother an opportunity to do the same. 

 The Japanese Chestnut is free from the 

 Chestnut disease and can also be used as 

 a tall shrub. 



Honeysuckle Lonicera 



The Upright, or Bush Honeysuckles, are a 



class of .shrubs of the highest usefulness. 



They are always healthy, vigorous and of 



good form, sturdy and strong in appearance, 



and well clothed with foliage to the base. 



We have grown them in large quantities and 



offer them very low. We feel certain you will 



receive more than full value for the price. 



Upright. Lonicera Tatarica. When in 



bloom in early summer this is one of the 



handsomest shrubs, covered by delicate 



pink and white blossoms. In August it is 



Honeysuckle, Upright, continued 



more decorative than any other red-berried 

 shrub, with its translucent coral berries. It 

 is a strong, clean shrub, oak-like in its branching. 



Lonicera Morrowii. This Japanese species is very 

 wide-spreading and is especially ornamental 

 in flower and fruit. The flowers are pure white, 

 changing to yellow. 



Fragrant. L. fragrantissima. One of the earliest 

 spring-blooming shrubs, pushing forth both its 

 leaves and pink flowers in early April. Some foli- 

 age remains bright green until midwinter. 



L. Standishii. Frequently the snow-storms of 

 early March will cover the strongly fragrant 

 yellow blossoms of this shrub. 



L. Maacki. Probably this is here introduced for the 

 first time in this country. It has been recently 

 discovered in western China. Its pure white 

 flowers are larger than those of the other upright 

 Honeysuckles and the leaves larger and darker 

 green. 



L. Philomela. A vigorous, upright shrub, with 

 pendant pink blossoms in April. 



Horse- Chestnut AEsculus 



Dwarf. AEsculus parviflora; syn., macrostachya. 

 There is a period between the June-blooming 

 Spireas, Upright Honeysuckles, Mock Orange, 

 Magnolias, Deutzias, etc., and the late summer- 

 blooming Hydrangeas and Altheas, which this 

 shrub fills to perfection. The tall, feathery 

 spikes of bloom are the embodiment of graceful- 

 ness. It is a shrub ultimately 8 feet high, but rather 

 slow to attain this height and also difficult to 

 propagate; therefore its rarity in nursery 

 catalogues. 



Hydrangea 



The Hydrangeas are all conspicuous from mid- 

 summer to autumn. They are shrubs of moderate 

 height to be used in the foreground or in beds by 

 themselves. Their popularity is well deserved for 

 their freedom of growth and healthfulness. The 

 most popular is Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, 

 with its immense heads of white flowers. Those 



Upright Honeysuckle in Arnold Arboretum. This exhibits about 

 all the good qualities of a shrub for extensive planting. It has oak- 

 like strength of branches and massing of lights and shadows in the 

 foliage ; beautiful, fragrant flowers, and bright red berries. We have 

 a large quantity of broad plants at low rates. 



