The picture on the front coyer page is of a Linden, at the left, moved by the 
Hicks' Patent Tree-Mover, in 1894. The size when moved : was about 14 inches 
in diameter, ,35 feet high and 30 feet spread. This shows the permanent luxu- 
riant growth resulting from -the ■' methods of our invention. 
The picture on the back coyer page is of Foxglove. 
Our Nurseries may be reached by the -good stone and gravel roads for which Nassau county is 
famous. Westbury station is twenty-two miles from Long Island City on the main line of the Long 
Island railroad, it has over twenty trains per day. Many visit pur Nurseries by taking a hack from 
Mineoia, with forty -three trains per day, whereby a half* day trip can be easily arranged. Mineola- has 
lines of trolley to Roslyn and Port: Washington, to Hyde Park and Jamaica, to Hempstead, thence in 
two directions to Queens and Jamaica, and to Freeport, Lynbrook, Rockville Center, Valley Stream and 
Jamaica. 
The Mineola-Hicksville trolley passes the. south end of bur Nursery, two -thirds of a mile from our 
office. Gar going- west leaves 45 minutes past the hour, arriving at Mineola on the hour; going east, leaves 
Mineoia five minutes past the hour. 
