Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, New York 



BABYLOinAN WEEPIHG 

 WILLOW. 



The familiar species, with long, 

 rope-like branches, which wave in the 

 slightest breeze. Green very early in 

 spring and late in fall. HaS about 

 the same expression as the southern 

 live oak when coveied with moss. 



WILLOW, Laurel-leaved. A 



beautiful and distinct, 

 medium-sized tree. The 

 leaves are broad, about 

 4 inches long, and even 

 more glossy than laurel 

 leaves, shining like a pol- 

 ished surface. Bright sun- 

 light renders it the most 

 conspicuous of green trees. 

 It can be clipped to standard 

 form, resembling the bay- 

 tree, or grown in a hedge, 

 when it is similar to the 

 privet, but taller. The thick 

 foliage adapts it to seaside 

 planting. 



Golden-barked {Satix alba 

 var. vitelHna). A large- 

 growing, upright tree, with 

 bright yellow bark. It is 

 frequently grown in shrub 

 form, for contrast with the 

 red-twigged dogwood. 



Red-barked (5. alba var. 

 Britzensis). The bark of 

 this is salmon-colored, and 

 is desirable for contrast with 

 the above. 



Kilmarnock. An umbrella- I' 

 formed tree, about 5 feet 

 high. It has pussy willow 

 catkins in March. 



YELLOW-WOOD. A tree with smooth bark 

 like a beech, and racemes of wistaria-like 

 cream-colored flowers. Very beautiful when in 

 blossom, and also attractive in winter because 

 of its distinct coloring. One of the best lawn 

 trees, and very highly esteemed ; a good speci- 

 men on a lawn is always an object of general 

 ■ admiration. We supply^ well-grown trees, 

 ready to push up into specimen shape. 



TULIP TREE (Whitewood; Liriodendron 

 tulipifera). A tall and large tree, the magni- 

 ficent, erect bole of a smooth gray color, carried 

 well up into the head, giving off branches which 

 make a wide sweep downward ; leaves bright 

 green, shining, free from insect and fungous 

 enemies. Flowers large, yellow, blotched with 

 orange and green, of a pleasant fragrance, and 

 as beautiful as many rare orchids. Because of 

 their delicate coloring in unusual tints, they 

 sometimes escape attention, but tasteful people 

 have in recent years awaked to the beauty of 

 these tulip-like blooms. This most stately tree 

 is surely one of the very best of our native Ameri- 

 can growths, and combines to a great degree 

 the qualities desirable for planting on broad 

 avenues, parks or lawns. It should be trans- 

 planted to good soil in spring, and requires 

 some care to have success in growth ; but it is 

 well worth the necessary care to have it estab- 

 lished in any suitable place, after which it is a 

 continual satisfaction, giving no trouble as to 

 insects or diseases of any sort. 



TULIP TREE (Liriodendron Tulipifera). 



(On our grounds; brick smoke-house covered with Japan IV3-.) 



