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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y.— Evergreens 
White Pines in Westbury Nurseries, 1% & nigh, 4 yrs. Bushy plants, with good roots and not crowded. The size for 
economical planting, and old enough to grow rapidly 
White Pine, continued 
If you wish a forest planted, we will visit the ground, report,' and may be able to do part of the work. 
The Forest Service of the United States Department ot Agriculture sends experts to inspect forest property 
and report on the best treatment. 
So much for the forestry side of the White Pine. Most of our customers are interested in its use for 
ornament, windbreak and screen. 
White Pines are very rapid in their growth. We can show you plants that have grown from I foot to 9 feet 
in height in three seasons. Such a tree is apt 
to be open in its young stage, and a slightly 
slower growth will make a denser tree. The 
White Pine may be made to grow in a dense 
form by nipping back the tips of the leading 
side shoots in June or July. If it seems too 
large for your situation, try this experiment 
and you will be surprised to see what hand- 
some, dense foliage it will make 
White Pines are easy to transplant. The 
loss from transplanting is very small or fre- 
quently nothing. It naturally makes an 
abundance of fibrous roots and no tap-root. 
It is able to recover quickly from the shock 
of transplanting, even with a small amount of 
roots. 
We have the White Pine in all sizes, 
from 2 inches to 40 feet high, and can trans- 
plant them with equal success; in fact, with 
the large sizes we recall no failures. August 
and September planting has been just as 
successful as March, April and May. With 
the sizes above 10 feet transplanting from 
Two methods of packing small Evergreens. — On the left, ball of earth in burlap; on the right, roots coated with thick mud 
to prevent evaporation, and packed in damp sphagnum moss 
