WESTBURY STATION, N> Y. 
Evergreens 
PINi:S, continued 
Pitch. P. rigida. We have 20,000 Pitch Pine, from 
I cent to 75 cents each. They have a warm, 
sunny green foliage in thick rounded masses. 
The fragrance is pleasant and healthful. The 
beauty of Pitch Pine is not appreciated, because 
nearly all the trees seen have the branches 
burned off and the soil damaged by fire. The 
main thing is that they will work fast on the 
driest ground. When a severe drought stops 
many other trees, they are making a second 
growth. Nature has planted it over thousands 
of acres of the driest soil on Long Island. It is 
highly recommended for extensive planting In its 
shelter other trees will thrive which could not do 
so without it. There are thousands of residences 
along both shores and in the center of Long 
Island which should have Pitch Pine forming 
part of their shelter plantations. It is valuable 
both summer and winter. Nature uses it right 
out to the shore line=mixed with oak and bay- 
berry. For dry sand and gravel hills it is the 
best cover. Other trees can be mixed in. Sand 
bluffs along the shore of Long Island Sound are 
rapidly wasting away, narrowing the lawns and 
sometimes endangering residences. Sea-walls 
hold the bottom. Pitch Pine will help hold the 
sliding bank at a steeper angle than sod. The 
sod requires that the bank be graded back less 
steep, needs good soil, roots only a few inches 
deep and may slip or dry out. Pitch Pine and 
cedar root deeply, thrive on sterile sand and salt 
spray and work all the year. Damage is most 
severe in winter. The wind blows the sand loose 
even when frozen, and thawing lets the surface 
slide. The drifting snow carries sand with it. 
Beating rains gully out the bluff and carry the 
sand down. Pitch Pine will check all this. It 
keeps the wind off, holds the snow, prevents the 
frequent thawing, and lessens the gullying by 
the rain. Its deep roots anchor it and check 
sliding, and it holds the accumulating leaf-mold 
from the trees and shrubs which should accom- 
pany it. Road banks, steep terrace slopes, old 
sand pits, all provide economical uses for Pitch 
Pine. On the Rockaway and Montauk penin- 
sulas it should form the backbone of groups. 
Add it to existing groups, and plant new ones. 
For holding sand dunes it may be worth thou- 
sands of dollars to many landowners. On Cape 
Cod the government uses it to prevent the 
drifting of sand. Plant 5 to 10 feet apart. 
Scotch. P. sylvestris. A blue-green tree of 
rounded form and rapid growth. It should be 
planted with the other pines and spruces. It may 
make the quickest growth for the first dozen 
years. Later it will be surpassed by the white 
pine, for it has not proved long-lived on Long 
Island. It is an excellent seaside tree and 
Korean Pine in the arboretum of the late Charles A. Dana. 
A beautiful blue-green tree of compact foliage and excellent 
nuts. A rare opportunity to get this species. 
Scotch Pine, continued 
thrives on bare sand-hills. We offer it by the 
thousand at very low rates. If you want a 
quantity, it is of slight or no advantage to plant 
larger trees, 3 to 6 feet high. 
Austrian. P. Laricio, var. Austriaca. This sturdy 
tree is the favorite with some for seaside plant- 
ing. It is a dense round-headed tree, with long, 
thick needles uninjured by salt spray or severe 
winters. It can be depended upon for 20 or 30 
years when it begins to deteriorate here. 
P. densiflora. A very promising Pine from Japan. 
It grows very rapidly and is hardy. Foliage thick 
and apparently adapted to exposed situations. 
Korean. P. Koraiensis. A hardy beautiful tree 
and a valuable food-plant. The immediate 
cause of the Russian-Japanese war was a timber 
concession including this species on the Yalu 
River. As would be expected from the climate 
map on page 5, it stands a more variable climate 
than ours with the same January average. Un- 
like some evergreens from high dry mountains, it 
does not suffer from summer fog at sea-level. 
The blue color is nearly as pronounced as the 
Colorado Blue Spruce. The density of the tree 
is remarkable. The nuts are the size of Hazel- 
nuts, with thin shell and a nutritious meat of 
delicious flavor. The Pifion pine nuts of Arizona 
are similar, and furnish large food supplies. We 
have trees bearing at 6 feet high. 
