The Garden Magazine, July, 1922 



285 



I am still growing 

 IRIS, PEONIES and PHLOX 



for a harvest of joy and friends 



YES, I can truthfully say that every order I send out wins me a 

 friend. They say that sentiment and business do not mix, but I 

 have found sentiment backed by Service to be a winning combination. 



It has always been my sincere desire to merit the confidence and 

 good will of my fellow beings, and to accomplish it I have adopted the 

 following business policy. 



To give every patron prompt, cheerful, and careful attention. 



To not disappoint them in any way, but render service that will 

 add to the large number of enthusiastic customers who kindly re- 

 commend my goods to their friends (I hereby thank them each and all). 



To produce stock of highest quality and sell it at a fair price. I 

 will not sacrifice quality for profit; what are a few dollars compared 

 with the satisfaction of feeling that one is giving pleasure to a con- 

 stantly increasing number of people who love beauty and love to work 

 hand in hand with good old Mother Nature. 



To Induce a Trial I will send 12 Iris worth $4.30 for $3.00, 

 Ingeborg, Loreley, Monsignor, Mrs. Darwin, Nibelungen, Pallida 

 Speciosa, Perfection, Rose Unique, Sherwin Wright, Dr. Bernice, Rhein 

 Nixe, Helge. 



Mixed (not labeled) #5.00 per 100 $45.00 per 1000 



And I Specialize in PEONIES too 



Iris and Peonies go together. Before one leaves, the other arrives. 

 Between the two you'll have a continuous succession of joys and 

 delights. My Peonies range in price from 50c. to $40.00 each. 

 My Iris range in price from 15c. to $20.00 each. 



Will You Let My Little Catalogue Tell You More? 



It's a very modest booklet and yet it serves the purpose of ac- 

 quainting you with my business. 



Now let us all work individually and collectively for a more beau- 

 tiful America. 



GEO. N. SMITH, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 



Swelter? Or Enjoy Cool Shade? 



What You Can Do in July. A Personal Message from Henry Hicks 



Wish your place was beautiful? Why not have It so? 



'■pO have big trees you thought it was necessary to have your father plant them. 

 ■*• Also it was necessary to plant in spring or fall. We have planted thousands 

 of trees in the summer and they have grown better than those planted in spring 

 and fall. Why? Because we have invented methods and trained men to do it 

 right. Back in 1888 we started to grow them to save you time. They have 

 been grown wide apart, root pruned and transplanted to be in the best possible 

 condition for you. We have developed and perfected the art of summer trans- 

 planting. Will you be the first in your neighborhood to take advantage of it? 

 Hlsh Spread Yrs. old Each 



Pin Oak SOft. 18 ft. 18 $85.00 



Chestnut Oak SO ft. 8 ft. 18 45.00 



The species for dry gravelly soil as Rockaway and gravelly slopes of Cold 

 Spring Harbor, N. Y., where it is native. 



High Spread Yr«. old Each 



Scarlet Oak 14 ft. 5 ft. 18 * 8.00 



Beech 18 ft. 8 ft. 15 85.00 



Beech will make a beautiful hedge to shut out the street or separate the 

 garden from the entrance court. Beech hedges grace the finest estates in 

 Europe. 



High Spread Yrs. old Each 



Maple 18 ft. 6 ft. 18 $ 8.00 



A group of 4 will shade the baby's playground. They are big enough for 

 a swing or hammock. 



High Spread 



Maple 88 ft. 10 ft. 



Maple 86 ft. 80 ft. 



Tulip Tree 16 ft. 6 ft. 



Linden 14 ft. 5 ft. 



Linden 85 ft. 18 ft. 



PLANT EVERGREENS 



You enjoy the beauties of the evergreens, the fragrance of the firs, the wide 

 horizontal lights and shadows of the Pine, the feathery Hemlock and the contrast 

 of the White Fir or Blue Spruce. You wish you had a little nook sheltered from 

 the sea. Do you want a bird haven where they will nest in the summer and feel 

 protected from wind and hawks in the winter? July is the time to make it. Do you 

 want the fun of carrying out your own ideas? The Hicks system of transplanting 

 and root pruning and the invention of machinery for handling the roots results 

 in the least possible surgical shock in transplanting. Measured in beauty and 

 time saving they are your cheapest investment. You can have a truckload de- 

 livered every day, every other day, or every week, while you are on your country 

 place. They are guaranteed to grow satisfactorily or replaced free. Do you need a 

 carload? You will enjoy selecting them in the nursery. A prominent manufacturer 

 of Pittsburgh said this morning, "I have spent several pleasant mornings here." 



Are you a fan on little evergreens, rock plants, alpine plants, cover plants, 

 ferns and wild flowers? This is the place to come, prowl around, load up your 

 car and redecorate the foundation of your house, and make a naturalistic garden 

 with stumps and stones or along a woodland path. 



Have you tried the Hicks Plantateria? Here are thousands of plants in pots or 

 suitable to take up with clumps of dirt, Phlox, Iris, Asters and a good collection 

 of the flowers you see in the best gardens. 



If you love a plant you can make it live anytime. 



(Signed) HENRY HICKS. 



HICKS NURSERIES, Box H, Westbury, L. I., N. Y. 



Vrs. old 



Each 



15 



$ 40.00 



85 



100.00 



9 



50.00 



10 



5.00 



18 



75.00 



