Landscape Department 



MR. LESTER CALBRAITH LOVETT in Charge 



C In this progressive age it is seldom that anyone builds a house without first secur- 

 ing the services of an architect. The aid of a competent landscape gardener is even 

 more necessary to properly plan and execute ornamental plantings than is the assist- 

 ance of an architect in the construction of a building. The lack of professional advice 

 in ornamenting the grounds of many country homes is largely responsible for their 

 unattractive appearance. A competent landscape gardener will not only produce 

 pleasing effects, but will save the owner much money, to say nothing of the annoyance 

 and loss of time caused by making alterations and additions in order to secure satis- 

 factory results. 



(I For over thirty years I have been engaged in laying out and planting both large 

 and small private estates, public parks, etc. My patrons are people of refined taste, 

 exacting and critical, and it is to them I refer. I make plans and estimates of cost 

 for landscape work of any character or any extent. Where important work is con- 

 templated upon large grounds, a personal visit to the property is necessary; for 

 grounds of limited extent, I am usually able to make a plan, if but a rough outline, 

 giving distances and location of buildings, is mailed me. My prices for supplying 

 and planting the nursery stock required to execute the plans are so moderate, that my 

 estimate is usually accepted; hence, I make no charge for plans. 



Transplanting Large Trees 



(T For the past ten years I have been transplanting large, fully developed shade and 

 evergreen trees with complete success, using the Ryder Tree Mover, a very powerful 

 machine, upon which there are many patents. The operation is so thorough that 

 frequently the tree moved will grow more in one year after being transplanted than 

 it grew the two previous years. The fibrous roots are not disturbed; only the heavy 

 stay roots. The latter furnish practically no nourishment to the tree, but, as the name 

 implies, are supplied by nature to hold the tree erect. When the stay roots are 

 severed and the ends cut smoothly, they emit hundreds of fibrous ones, which take up 

 great quantities of nourishment and cause the tree to grow with renewed vigor. 

 (I Estimates promptly furnished to anyone who wishes work of this character done. 

 Our representative will call if desired. 



J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J. 



