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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y.— Evergreens 
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Residence of Dr. D. H. McAlpin, Morris Plains, N. J. Mass of large Pine, Hemlock and Spruce planted by us in 
1906 on Hicks Tree-Movers. Photographed in 1907. We have hundreds of similar trees suitable for shipment by rail in 
August, September, winter or spring. 
Mt. Atlas Cedar * Cedrus atlantica 
The Cedars of Lebanon, introduced by the cru- 
saders and planted about the older English castles", 
are the noblest and broadest evergreens in England. 
The Mt. Atlas Cedar grows with the Cedar of 
Lebanon in Palestine, and so closely resembles it 
that some botanists consider it a variety of the 
same species. The Mt. Atlas is the hardier of the 
two. It should be planted in groves of Pine and 
Spruce. If this is done, in a few years people will 
be surprised to see gracefully arching branches of 
sparkling blue-green foliage, and many inquiries 
will be received for the name of the new and 
beautiful evergreen. Our plants are from a tree 
35 feet high on Dana's Island, Glen Cove. 
Blue. Cedrus Atlantica glauca. This is as blue as 
the Koster's Colorado Blue Spruce. There are 
a number of trees growing on dry, exposed hills 
on Long Island and northern New Jersey. 
Cephalotaxus 
Cephalotaxus fortunei. This belongs to the Yew 
family and has all the good qualities of the Yew, 
with the addition of having larger foliage in more 
graceful, arching sprays. It likes a sheltered and 
moist place, but makes a beautiful plant here in 
the open until late winter, when a few branches 
get brown. There are beautiful old plants of it 
at Glen Cove, io feet high and more in width. 
It will endure shade and we would recommend its 
use near the springy places on the north and 
south shore, either in full sun or half shade. 
Firs • Abies 
Erroneously Picea 
The Fir family is typified by the Balsam Fir, 
train-loads of which add to our Christmas cheer. 
Sentimental friends of the forest lament the 
destruction of future valuable timber. They should 
study up the question before writing to the papers 
and forest commissioners, urging the abolition of 
the Christmas tree. 
First, the Balsam Fir is not valuable timber; 
second, the trees cut are weeds in a pasture and not 
Firs, continued 
generally from forests; third, in the bountiful pro- 
vision of nature, a dozen trees or more will get to 
the Christmas tree size for one that reaches saw-log 
size; fourth, in cutting Christmas trees only a very 
few are selected. 
The Firs are all tall, pyramidal trees with a 
pointed top. With the exception of the Concolor 
and one or two others, they are all a very dark, 
lustrous green and have a richness unexcelled by 
other evergreens. 
Nordmann's. Abies Nordmanniana. The large 
specimens in our Nursery excite the admiration 
of most people who see them. They are very 
broad pyramids of dark, lustrous green. As they 
retain the foliage for several years, they are very 
dense. 
We recommend their use as ornaments in a 
group, rather than windbreaks or screens. They 
thrive best in company with other evergreens 
where their roots can penetrate deeply into 
unfrozen ground and where they are protected 
from the severest winds. Then they are hardy 
and long-lived. Our trees are growing wide apart 
and are frequently root-pruned. Like the Orien- 
tal Spruce with which it grows in the mountains 
of Asia Minor, it has long, coarse roots. 
Silver. A. picea; syn., A. pectinata. This is the 
common timber Fir of Central Europe. We have 
a number of large trees, io to 16 feet high, which 
we offer at less than the cost of growing them 
because they are not reliably hardy, becoming 
brown in severe winters in exposed places. 
Veitch's. A. Veitchii. This is the color of the 
Nordmann's Fir, but with even more of the sil- 
very sheen on the lower side of the foliage. It is 
a taller and more narrow growing tree. It appears 
to be perfectly hardy in both foliage and bud. 
This and A. homolepis will, in our opinion, prove 
to be the best Japanese conifers. 
Concolor, or White. A. concolor. Of all the good 
plants from the Colorado mountains, we would 
place this in the first rank. It is nearly as blue 
as the far-famed Colorado Blue Spruce, but it 
is not so decidedly different from the normal 
