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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, New York 
BABYLONIAN WEEPING 
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 {Salter alba 
var. vitellina). 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 (S. alba var. 
Britzensis). The bark of 
this is salmon-colored, and 
is desirable for contrast with 
the above. 
Kilmarnock. An umbrella- 
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 
'i 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 Tnlipifera). 
(On our grounds; brick smoke-house covered with Japan Ivy.) 
