Modern Methods of Planning and Planting 



REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY ONE NURSERY FOR OBTAINING IMMEDIATE EFFECT 



LAYING out new grounds? Don't pro- 

 ceed with the work without a definite 

 plan as to what form the garden will ultimately 

 take. You may not be able (or not willing) 

 to put the whole scheme into execution at 

 once. But by doing part of it now, some 

 more next year, and adding the finishing 

 touches as opportunity occurs, the final 

 result will be a perfect one. 



Where are you to get the stock ? It is 

 easy to take a planting list, and, by studying 

 the prices in some catalogue, to come to a 

 decision on a purely money basis. It is an 

 easy way, but hardly the best. By paying a 

 visit to a reliable nursery where a specialty 

 is made of supplying all the plants and essen- 

 tial material necessary to a well-arranged 

 home garden a real idea can be had of what 

 these plants look like. 



In a nursery such as that of Siebrecht & 

 Son, at New Rochelle, N. Y., all the very 



Lawn view at Rose Hill Nurseries, showing summer 

 house and dwarf stone pine 



necessary information can be gathered. 

 For years the collection of ornamental 

 plants which now characterize the Rose Hill 

 Nurseries have been gradually gathered 

 together, not by a mere collection of every- 

 thing that is introduced, but by a critical 

 selection of only such things as experience 

 has shown to be hardy. All this collection of 

 conifers is propagated at the nursery — the 

 plants, therefore, are "to the manner born." 



But it may not be possible for a prospective 

 customer to spend the time that a journey to 

 New Rochelle involves, although the Rose Hill 

 Nurseries are only forty-five minutes from the 

 centre of New York City, the journey being 

 by the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. from the 

 Grand Central Station, and by trolley 

 from New Rochelle station to the nursery. 



If you cannot go to the nursery, the nursery 

 (or rather one of the members of its large 

 staff of expert plantsmen and experienced 

 planters) will visit your place, and in direct 

 personal consultation give you the benefit 

 of all the practical advice that long acquaint- 

 ance with similar situations will justify. 



But by all means visit the nursery if you 



can. The proprietors have devoted con- 

 siderable thought and skill to the new idea in 

 nursery management — the artistic display of 

 ornamental evergreens. By this we mean 

 that the individual plants are set out as lawn 

 specimens to exhibit their use as well as their 

 character. By harmony and contrast, just 

 as they may be arranged in your own garden, 

 you can forecast the effects you will produce. 



These Nurseries, moreover, are well fur- 

 nished with all other material for the lawn 

 and garden. Here you can also see the 

 largest collection of palms, orchids, stove 

 and greenhouse plants, roses, hardy herba- 

 ceous plants, magnificent bay trees, box 

 trees, near the city. Another interesting 

 detail will be to see the Rustic Factory, where 

 summer houses, wellhouses, settees, chairs 

 and gateways are made. If you are laying 

 out grounds or filling conservatories, it is 

 a great pleasure to be able to visit a place 

 where everything may be had, where it can 

 all be seen and selected by yourself. There is 

 no other place where a complete order can 

 be placed for everything the estate may need 

 in the way of grading, road making, as well 

 as furnishing stock and planting it direct 

 from the nurseries. 



One of the greatest benefits in receiving 

 outdoor stock, such as ornamental trees, 

 shrubs, evergreens, rhododendrons, fruit 

 trees and vines from the Rose Hill Nurseries, 

 is that they are so many times transplanted. 

 Thus they move with large balls of earth and 

 good, fibrous roots, which insure success in 

 the new locations. Another specialty of the 

 firm is moving large trees from twenty-five 

 to fifty feet high, producing an effect 

 which would ordinarily take from ten to 

 twenty years. 



Having been established since 1867 is 

 ample proof that the Rose Hill Nurseries 

 have been successful in growing and han- 

 dling the best stock. The firm has its city 



store, where you may call, leave your orders 

 for flowers or decorations, or make an 

 appointment to visit the Nurseries. There 

 is not another shop in the city of New York 

 where you can be shown everything for beau- 



The true Colorado blue spruce (grafted) on the lawn 

 at Rose Hill Nurseries 



tifying either your city home or country place. 

 It is felt to be a pleasure at all times for this 

 firm to give information about plants, estate 

 management, and indeed for anything associ- 

 ated with the outdoor features of the home. 

 They also publish a beautiful handbook, en- 

 titled: "Beautifying of Country Homes," 

 which can be had on application either at 

 the city office, 425 Fifth Avenue, New York 

 City, or their Nurseries, New Rochelle, N. Y. 



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Grouping or border planting of evergreens — conifers and trained box trees growing in the Rose Hill Nurseries 



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