Moving Large Trees 
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ISAAC HICKS & SON 
White Spruce planted by the residence of the late Hon. William C. Whitney, 
' Wheatley Hills, L. I. At the right, an extra-sized Norway Maple. 
The Moving of Large Evergreen Trees 
The moving of large evergreen trees requires a somewhat different method, owing to the fact 
that their foliage is constantly calling on the roots for moisture, and therefore a large proportion of 
the roots should be in undisturbed 
contact with the soil. 
The resinous sap of the roots is 
hardened if the roots are exposed 
for a few hours, and does not 
readily circulate again. The roots 
of a deciduous tree are not in- 
jured nearly as quickly by expos- 
ure to the air, and it is not neces- 
sary to keep them in contact with 
the soil. The methods we have 
invented safely hold the mass of 
earth solid even when the soil is 
of gravel and easily broken. The 
outer feeding-roots are preserved 
and not exposed to the air. 
While it is not possible to move 
an evergreen 50 feet high with as 
small expense as a maple, still 
trees 20 to 35 feet are economi- 
cally and safely moved, and many hundred large evergreens we have moved demonstrate the success 
of our method. 
The series of photographs inadequately portrays achievements 
in producing landscape beauty heretofore believed impossible. 
The painter, sculptor, architect and musician attain results on the 
completion of their work. The landscape architect may now do 
the same, instead of waiting fifteen to fifty years. One of the 
most difficult tasks in composing a landscape is to screen adja- 
cent houses, stables, roads and other objectionable features. This 
may be done by planting large trees, and then the balance of the 
landscape and water views often compose themselves into most 
satisfactory form. This problem of screening adjacent property 
has thus been most happily solved in the many colonies of country 
residences on the shores of Long Island, avoiding the vexatious 
delays of waiting 
for small trees. 
If these screens 
are made of large 
evergreens it will 
permit the length- 
e n i n g of the 
country season, 
perhaps change 
the residence into 
an all - the - year 
home. 
A windbreak of Pine, Spruce, Cedar and other ever- 
greens on the north side of a residence, terrace, formal 
garden or lawn, render possible out-of-door life on 
bleak, cold and windy winter days. 
The demand for large evergreens to embellish formal 
gardens and give a mature and finished appearance has 
led to our training them in symmetrical form for vistas, 
A picturesque f ja P a„es R e o effect L geda^being moved terrages and decoration of old-fashioned gardens. 
One of twenty White Pines, 25 to 45 feet 
high, prepared for moving on our Mover 
No. 13, one of the two we have invented 
for moving these trees horizontally. 
