Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y— Deciduous Trees 
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Our stock of Umbrella Magnolias, showing mass of fibrous 
roots, the result of last year's root pruning ": r> 
Magnolia, Sweet Bay, continued 
they traveled on land which is now under water, 
for Long Island is sinking at the rate of I foot 
per hundred years. 
This Magnolia can be used for seaside planting 
with the Holly, Cedar, Virginia Creeper, Wild 
Cherry, Bayberry and Pitch Pine. It can also 
be used on the upland in shrub borders and near 
the flower garden. 
We offer it at low rates and recommend its 
purchase in large quantities, for a stock of it 
is not raised by nurserymen every year and, 
therefore, cannot be offered at such low prices 
annually. 
Umbrella. M. tripetala. This has large, tropical 
foliage, the leaves being i>< feet long and 8 
inches broad. It grows rapidly to form a medium- 
sized tree, with broad head, but it can be appro- 
priately used in the background of large shrub- 
beries for mass planting, spacing it about .10 
feet apart. The luxuriance and large size of the 
foliage makes an agreeable contrast to ordinary 
foliage.. While there is some "natural scenery 
with which it might be inharmonious, it will 
always be so rare as to avoid the danger of 
being commonplace. 
The flowers are pure white and>about 8 inches 
wide, and appear in the middle of June. The 
fruit is the most showy and ornamental of all the 
Magnolias. It is a brilliant red cylinder, about 5 
inches long and 2 inches in diameter. The scarlet 
seeds hang out on silken threads. 
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We have worked up a stock of large trees, 
8 to 12 feet high, which are straight, symmetrical, 
and root-pruned to transplant successfully. 
We recommend them for planting on upland, 
but especially for moist situations. Those who 
own land bordering the streams of Long Island 
have herein an immense oppurtunity to immedi- 
ately produce a beautiful group, for they can be 
planted in among the existing wild growth and 
will take care of themselves. They have run wild 
about a spring at Brookville, near Oyster Bay. 
Large-leaved. M. macrophylla. This has the 
largest flower and the largest foliage of any plant 
hardy in this region. The blossom is as graceful 
as a classic vase. The pure white petals are thick 
and firm in texture and open out as broad as a 
man's hat. Our parent tree is 25 feet high, and 
perfectly hardy. It is suited to the situations 
mentioned for the Umbrella Magnolia, but is a 
handsomer tree in every way except the fruit. 
It is very rare in cultivation. It blooms about 
the first of July, and the only defect is that the 
rose-bugs seem intoxicated by its strong perfume 
and fill its beautiful cup. To procure an undefiled 
blossom, it is necessary to cover the bud with a 
paper bag. 
Connoisseurs who wish to have the rare and 
curious should include this. 
Fraser's. M. Fraseri. This resembles the Umbrella 
Magnolia, but is a more slender tree. 
Cucumber. M. acuminata. Unlike the three above, 
this appears to be just an exceptionally hand- 
some ovate tree of the Tulip tree type. 
Large Silver Maples growing 1 5 feet apart in our Nur- 
sery. Single leaders, ovate tops. Offered at bargain prices 
because they are crowding smaller stock. 
