Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y— Deciduous Trees 
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Pin Oaks supplied to Mr. J. Rogers Maxwell, Glen Cove, L. I. We have many of this height in the nursery 
Oak • Quercus 
More than sixty per cent of the Long Island forests are Oaks. Therefore, grow Oaks. There are eleven 
species of Oak native to Long Island. For every type of Long Island soil and for every class of moisture 
supply or climate exposure, there is a species. Trees raised from Long Island seed are adapted to Long 
Island conditions. 
You want a border of foliage 10 to 30 feet high. It is not necessary to use Poplars and Willows because 
of their reputed quick growth. We offer Oaks up to 40 feet. If you have Poplars and Willows, plant Oaks 
between to come on for permanent trees. If you have a stretch of land too poor for lawn, or costing too 
much to make a good lawn, plant with Oaks and Pines and let it alone. They take care of themselves. 
Cut the grass once a year, or not at all. When they crowd, thin them out. It is the swamp, type or humid- 
climate type of tree and shrub, constituting the majority of nursery stock, which needs cultivation or 
mulch, water and fertilizer, to preserve its greatest beauty. To plant the small one- to two-year Oaks and 
Pines, etc., open a cleft by pushing down a long spade, put in the little tree, with the root down straight 
and 2 inches deeper than before, and pack the earth solidly. 
You may have to cut through woods, leaving a raw edge of bare trunks. It needs rounding off and 
feathering down. Long Island's most harmonious foliage is Oak and Dogwood. 
You may have a hill of abandoned land. A large number of building sites are of this character, — im- 
poverished farms, now patches of bare sand, Blackberries, Bayberry and Cedar. Nature's next step is to 
let the squirrels bring in a few acorns. When they bear, more nuts are planted. Nature is slow. Lead 
Nature. Do what Nature is going to do, but do it first. The thriftiest Oaks are often found in these patches 
of bare sand. Plant Oaks and plant them thickly. It is cheaper and better to let them occupy all the ground. 
In short, get forest conditions. Remember the rule of a famous landscape architect; "Plant thick, thin 
quick." 
Forestry. Forestry must include largely the Oaks. Long Island forests produce almost no sawed 
timber, because the trees are sprouts from stumps and are rotten and feeble as they reach saw-log size. 
Trees from seed are sound and vigorous. The German forests are largely from the planting of small trees 
of the size we offer. 
Have the satisfaction of starting a forest right, even if the assessment is too high to make it profitable. 
Let this forest teach you, and teach your friends and neighbors, that there is no mystery about growing 
