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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y.— Deciduous Trees 
Silver Maples from our blocks of extra-sized trees sup- 
plied to the late Hon. Wm. C. Whitney, Old Westbury. 
We have a large quantity of trees of the same age, 18 years, 
that are trained to broad ovate tops and single leaders. 
Maple, Silver, continued 
place of the Elm on many of our roads, for the 
Elm does not reach its typical development on 
Long Island. If the problem is to shade a house 
or porch, these Maples, 20 to 40 feet high, will 
add the most comfort and beauty for the least 
cost. The Silver Maple is not fitted to parts of 
the Rockaway peninsula. 
Wier's Weeping Cut-Leaf Silver. A. sac- 
charinum var. Wieri. A variety of the 
Silver Maple, with long, gracefully curving 
branches. 
Sugar, Rock, or Hard. A. saccharum; syn., 
saccharinum. The Sugar Maple is a tall, 
ovate tree, which thrives best on the deep 
soils on the north shore of Long Island 
and reaches its highest beauty on the rocky 
soils of New England and westward. 
Scarlet, or Red. A. rubrum. A strong, Oak- 
like tree, beautiful and healthy in all situa- 
tions. It is native to both swamps and up- 
lands on Long Island. It has brilliant 
autumn foliage. We offer trees 30 feet high, 
suitable for massing or single specimens. 
Mulberry • Moms 
The Mulberries are large and wide-spread- 
ing, vigorous and rapid in growth, making 
beautiful shade trees. 
New American and Downing' s Everbear- 
ing. M. alba. Varieties cultivated for fruit, 
and also handsome broad shade trees. 
Mulberry, continued 
Russian. M. alba, var. Tatarica. A small tree 
of dense foliage, suited to large groups of shrub- 
bery. It was introduced into the western states 
by the Russian Mennonites and recently the fol- 
lowing variety was found. 
Weeping. M. alba, var. Tatarica pendula. Teas' 
Weeping Mulberry. This is the best of the um- 
brella-shaped trees, such as Kilmarnock Willow, 
Camperdown Elm, Weeping Ash, etc. It grows 
7 feet per year, and has healthy foliage of a rich 
dark green. The fruit is edible. The usual form 
is grafted on a stem 4 feet high, from which the 
branches droop to the ground. 
It may be trained as a garden arch or pergola, 
or as a summer-house or verdant tent at the end 
of a garden walk, or as a children's play-house. 
We offer them trained as a summer-house with 
iron supports, from 5 to 8 feet high. Trained to 
a stake, its graceful sprays fall to the ground 
like a fountain jet. 
We also grow it as a shrub, when it heaps up 
masses of arching branches 4 feet high and 8 feet 
wide, and best used for massing or edging shrub- 
bery and for covering steep banks. 
Paulownia • Empress Tree 
Paulownia imperialis. A tall, broad tree like 
the Catalpa. Its large blue flowers, borne in 
panicles often a foot long, are not conspicuous, 
because of their height and resemblance to the 
color of the sky. Blooms in May. Fragrant. 
Peach • Prunus 
Double-flowering. Prunus Persica, var. camellice- 
fiora plena. Small trees covered in early spring, 
with a wealth of beautiful double blossoms; white, 
pink or crimson. 
Pepperidge • Nyssa 
Nyssa sylvatica. Sour Gum. To lovers of brilliant 
autumn colors this tree is a favorite. It is native 
to most of the Long Island forests. Its branches 
are horizontally arranged and the foliage small 
and glossy. 
Weeping Mulberry, trained as play-house. The trees we offer are 
now five years older than when photographed 
