Deciduous Trees 
ISAAC HICKS & SON 
A side entrance at Castlegould. Large Maples moved from 
the nurseries have grown 4 feet in the first fifteen months. An 
existing hedge- row of Wild Cherry on one side. 
MULBLRRILS, continued 
Russian. M. alba, var. Tatarica. This is a bushy- 
topped small tree of dense foliage, suited to 
large shrubberies. It was introduced into the 
RUSSIAN MULBERRY, continued 
western states by Russian Mennonites, and re- 
cently the following variety was found : 
Weeping. M. alba, var. Tatarica pendula. Of the 
several umbrella-shaped trees, as Kilmarnock 
Willow, Camperdown Elm, Weeping Ash, etc.^ 
this is much the best ; far exceeding them in this 
climate, in vigor and healthfulness; growing 7 feet 
per year. The fruit is of little value. The usual 
form is grafted on a stem 4 feet high, when it 
weeps straight to the ground. We have devised 
the following new methods of training it, and 
offer suitable plants for the purpose : 
As a verdant tent or summer-house we have 
them in various heights, from 5 to 8 feet. (See 
illustration. ) A pair of trees will form a garden 
arch, or a row of them will make a beautiful 
pergola, no posts being necessary after they are 
established. It may also be trained on a trellis, 
arbor or wall, as are grape-vines or espalier fruit 
trees in European gardens. When trained to a 
stake or pipe, to a height of 15 or 20 feet, the 
long and graceful sprays fall like fountain jets. 
As a shrub, it heaps up a mass of arching 
branches, perhaps 4 feet high and twice as wide, 
being suitable both for masses in the shrubbery 
and as a specimen standing on the lawn. On 
exposed and windy places it is especially valu- 
able. To those wishing a new garden feature, 
which is quickly complete, these forms are highly 
recommended. 
For covering steep banks it has the babit of 
Forsythia suspensa. 
OAK. Quercus 
The Oak has long had a hold on the affections of the people through its individuality and itjs almost 
human characteristics of dignity and nobility, which are marked both in old and young trees. The 
opinion that they are of slow growth is due to the fact that they can patiently endure on a poor and dry 
soil. In our nursery, and when planted on lawns, they frequently grow 4 feet per year. 
Oaks should be extensively planted along streets, entrance drives and on lawns. The Brooklyn Tree- 
Planting Society has 
planted many of our Oaks 
on the streets and found 
them to thrive despite 
the unfavorable condi- 
tions of pavements, dust, 
smoke and insects. 
Where a broad shade 
is desired quickly and 
Oaks cannot be procured 
of sufficient size, extra- 
sized Maples, as described 
on page 31, may be 
planted between the Oaks 
and later taken out with 
the tree-mover. 
The Oaks have a 
reputation of being diffi- 
cult to transplant. The 
new roots start slower 
than other trees, because 
of the slower circulation 
of the sap, the crude sap 
having first to go up to 
the leaves to be digested, Weeping Mulberry trained for a child's summer-house. One of a row in our nursery. 
