Deciduous Trees 
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ISAAC HICKS & SON 
SASSAFRAS 
S. ofB.cinale. The beauty of the 
Sassafras as a lawn tree is not 
appreciated because it is usu- 
ally seen crowded in a hedge- 
row. It thrives on light soil 
and keeps good foliage. 
SOPHORA 
Japan Tagoda Tree 
S. Japonicus. This is a round- 
headed tree of the locust 
family, with cream - colored 
flowers in midsummer. 
STYRAX 
S. Japonica. Too high praise 
cannot be accorded the deli- 
cate and chaste beauty of this 
new acquisition. It is so neat 
and dainty in its general habit 
that it is worthy of planting 
even without the myriads of 
silver bells or snowdrops, 
gracefully suspended from its 
branches in early summer. 
When young it is a pyramidal 
shrub, broad at the base, with 
pleasing foliage. Worthy of 
being placed singly on the 
lawn, and as much honor ac- 
corded it as to the Magnolia. 
The flowers very much re- 
semble those of the Silver Bell 
tree, illustrated on this page. 
SILVILR BILLL, or 
SNOWDROP TRILi: 
Halesia 
H. tetraptera; syn., Mohroden- 
dron tetraptera. A small tree 
or large shrub decorated in 
May with hanging bells of 
pure white flowers. 
THORN (Hawthorn) 
Crataegus 
This family is most widely 
known through the hedges of 
England. They are all small, thick-topped, thorny 
trees bearing clusters of flowers in May, and red 
haws or miniature apples in autumn. They group 
harmoniously with both trees and shrubs. The 
English Thorn is so variable in its success here 
that we do not recommend its general cultivation. 
Paul's Double Scarlet. C. monogyna, var. Pauli. 
In May a tree of this variety looks like a mass of 
fire, and no plant exceeds its brilliancy of color. 
Cockspur. C. Crus-galli. This is to be found on 
the edges of the salt meadows and on the Hemp- 
stead Plains, where it is too windy for other trees. 
The horizontally arranged branches of shiny 
( foliage give a distinct element to a group of 
trees or shrubs. 
Flowers of the Silver Bell Tree {Halesia 
tetraptera). These much resemble the 
flowers of Styrax Japonica. 
and Spruces, 
shelter. The 
banks and shores. 
TULIP TREE. 
Liriodendron 
L. Tulipifera. White Wood. 
No tree native of Long Island 
is more worthy of praise, as it 
ranks with the White Pine and 
White Oak, among our noblest 
trees. The trunk is as straight 
and graceful as a Grecian 
column. The beauty and 
symmetry of its ovate top is 
worthy of admiration. The 
flowers are yellow tulips. It 
rapidly becomes a large tree. 
It should be transplanted in 
spring only. 
Pyramidal. L. Tulipifera, var. 
pyramidale. With all the 
healthfulness of the species, 
this variety promises to fill 
the same place in the land- 
scape as Lombardy Poplar. 
yi:llow-wood 
Cladrastis 
C. tinctoria ; syn., Virgilea lutea. 
This neat clean tree has long 
racemes of white flowers like 
the wistaria. The smooth 
gray bark resembles the 
beeches. 
WILLOW. Salix 
The Willow family is char- 
acterized by quick growth, 
ability to grow on upland and 
where too wet for many other 
trees, and ease of transplant- 
ing. They have generally nar- 
row leaves. For forming shelter- 
belts near the sea, they should 
be planted thickly with poplars, 
privet and other species recom- 
mended for the purpose, in 
groups 15 to 50 feet wide, 5 to 
12 feet apart. In the lee of such 
shelter-belts most other species 
thriving in this latitude may be 
grown, as well as Pines, Firs 
thus making an all-the-year-round 
thickly matted roots hold stream- 
Babylonian Weeping. S. Babylonica. In old trees 
the wide top of gnarled branches supports a soft 
veil of foliage dipping to the water. 
Salamon's. kS. Babylonica, var. Salamonii. The 
most rapid-growing tree where it finds a supply 
of moisture and fertility. It is more upright 
than the Babylonian, and makes a handsome 
tree, with the tips of the branches drooping. 
Yellow. S. vitellina. The Yellow Willow, some- 
times called White Willow, is a broad-spreading 
tree with no weeping branches. It quickly be- 
comes a tree 2 or 3 feet in diameter. 
