Evergreen Trees 
ss ISAAC HICKS & SON 
The old way was to plant trees i to 4 feet high in the spring-, and wait several years for results. 
By our way, select, write or telephone orders, and evergreens 20 to 40 feet high are delivered any 
week in the year. They don't know they have been moved. By the old way many failed, and 
discouraged planters used but few evergreens, resulting in bare, bleak landscapes. Evergreen foliage 
constantly calls on the roots for sap. The resin hardens if the roots become dry, and sap cannot 
flow again. Roots are broken by packing in boxes ; and during transit, heat, mould or dry out. 
Thousands of dollars worth cf evergreens die from delay, as waiting for floats across New York 
harbor. More die from inability 
of newly planted roots, trans- 
planted with little or no earth on 
them, to supply the foliage with 
sap. An Oak moved with full 
foliage would not live. By our 
method the roots are in a large 
ball of earth. From Westbury, 
stone roads radiate, permitting 
quick transportation. Our movers 
carry vertically or horizotally. 
Large trees make immediate, 
mature and artistic results. In 
the formal garden, lawn or shel- 
ter-belt, results may be attained 
which in the famous gardens of 
England and Italy have required 
a century. Evergreens up to 
25 feet in height can be shipped 
by rail or barge. 
Small evergreens 6 inches to 
6 feet high are offered by the 
Walk in rose garden at " Castlegould," arched with large evergreens planted thousand. The same methods 
bv our Evergreen Tree-Mover. Between the evergreen arches are arches of Crim- 
s6n Rambler Roses. insure SUCCeSS. 
ARBORVITAE. Thuya 
WHITE CEDAR OF THE, NORTHERN STATES 
American. T. occidentalis. The common Arbor- 
yitse is generally used for hedges, as it stands 
pruning well and makes a compact, thick screen. 
In the winter it turns a brownish green color, but 
quickly changes to a brighter green in March and 
April. The following is a partial list of its 
numerous varieties : 
Siberian. T. occidentalis, var. War e ana ; syn., 
T. Sibirica. This valuable variety has dense com- 
pact foliage of pure green color, even in winter. 
It grows more slowly than the American, and 
needs less trimming. We offer uniform sheared 
specimens 2 to 8 feet high for formal planting. 
Pyramidal. T. occidentalis, var. pyramidalis. A 
dark green column suitable for decorating ter- 
races, formal gardens, or for planting in tubs. 
We offer symmetrical specimens 4 to 6 feet 
high. 
Booth's. T. occidentalis, var. Boothii. A globe 
of compact foliage. We have plants 5 feet wide, 
resembling boxwood, trained as accurately as 
with a lathe, for terrace decoration 
Globe. 7". occidentalis, var. globosa ; syn., occi- 
dentalis compactaglobosa. A dwarf button-shaped 
form of bright green foliage, growing about 
2 feet wide, and less in height. 
Golden, or George Peabody. T. occidentalis, var. 
lutea. Small trees of a deep orange-yellow color. 
Useful in beds of evergreens. 
Chinese. T. orientalis; syn., Biota orientalis. 
This distinct species is a small pyramidal ever- 
green with flattened upright twigs arranged radi- 
ally. It is occasionally injured by winter. 
Rollinson's Golden. T orientalis, var. elegan- 
tissima. _ In spring and summer it is a beautiful 
golden tint, and in winter bronze. 
REJ) CILDAR. Juniperus Virginiana 
This and the Pitch Pine are the most abundant evergreens on Long Island. It adapts its roots 
to dry and sterile gravel ridges, or to the beach, where they are occasionally covered by a high tide. 
The foliage stands salt spray well. Evaporation from the foliage is slow, and it will stand drought 
and dry cold winter winds. Planted on lawns, and fertilized and trimmed, it becomes a handsome, 
columnar or broadly conical tree, compact, solid and of good green color. It is generally considered 
difficult to transplant. 
