Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, New York 
AGENTS. — We have no traveling agents, but in several villages orders for us may be left with florists 
or gardeners who act as our agents and who may plant the trees if desired. 
SEASON.- Tlie Spring* season begins about March i, or as soon as frost is out of the ground, 
and continues till the middle of May. Many trees and shrubs can be transplanted after the leaves start, but 
earlier planting is advisable. The fall season opens October 15, or as soon as the leaves turn, and 
continues till hard freezing, usually about December 20. Most varieties can be transplanted in spring or fall. 
Evergreens, Tulip trees, Magnolias, and a few others are best transplanted in the spring. 
Evergreens may also be planted in August if the season is wet, or if they are kept moist. Frequently we can 
transplant trees during winter. 
I*lants in tubs or terra-cotta urns, and evergreens with a ball of earth, will be furnished at any season. 
INQUIRIES.-Correspond with US about varieties of plants for special purposes, seaside or 
dry-ground planting, about botanical names of trees, wild flowers or shrubs, and varieties of fruits. We will 
gladly answer inquiries as to remedies for fungous diseases or insect attacks, for kinds and amounts of fertil- 
izers, lawn seed, etc., for directions for pruning, grafting or culture, and can usually refer inquirers to reliable 
books on forestry, landscape gardening, botany, or any of the above subjects. 
GARDENERS. — We furnish competent men at some seasons of the year to plant and prune trees and 
shrubs, trim hedges, renovate old and neglected orchards, preserve decaying trees and to straighten up trees 
damaged or split by storms. 
HICKS' TREE MOVER No. I. 
MOVING LARGE TREES. 
With trees twenty -five to Sixty years old, moved by our Tree-movers, the same effects 
which Landscape Architects plan to produce several decades hence can be brought about immediately. 
In parks and large estates avenues and groves of fine old trees can be quickly obtained. On small 
places three or four large trees are ample for cooling shade about the hot and sunny piazzas. Trees which are 
crowding and destroying their beauty on old places may be moved to another part of the lawn or to new lawns. 
"We can supply large Evergreens for permanent screens or tall old hedges. 
Eor thirty years we have made a business of moving large trees, and in that period have planned 
and used over a dozen different Tree-movers and methods of handling. We are constantly devising improve- 
ments, and are now using four movers which, for economical methods and successful results, are the best known, 
handling the trees in accordance with scientific principles of tree-growth. 
I*eople should he cautioned, against moving large deciduous trees with roots cut short, even 
if a ball of earth is attached. Such trees frequently fail after a few years, or it is necessary to cut off their tops. 
TREE MOVER No. 1.— Patent pending. See illustration above. Carries trees 60 feet in height, 
2 feel, in diameter of trunk, with 40 feet spread of branches and 35 feet spread of roots. The tree is clamped to 
a hinged cradle and thus pulled over by ropes in the position shown, ready for transportation. 
Xreeslwith larger tops than shown in the illustration, tied down to go under telegraph wires, 
etc., are frequently moved, the horses being attached by draught ropes. 
We now have several improvements not shown : A root holder, by which all the roots are secured from 
damage in transportation, from hitting wires and trees, and screws for loading without the use of tackle. 
