COVER ILLUSTRATIONS 
The picture on the front cover page is of a Linden, at the left^moved by the 
Hicks' Patent Tree-Mover, in 1894. The . size when moved was about If inches 
in diameter, 35 feet high and 30 feet spread. This shows the permanent luxu- 
riant growth resulting from the methods of our invention .. 
The picture on the back cover page is of Foxglove, 
STONE ROADS . DIRT ROADS RAILROADS -h+h- 
Our Nurseries may be reached by the good stone and gravel roads for which Nassau county Is 
famous. Westbury station is twenty-two miles from Long Island City on the main line of the Long 
Island railroad. It has over twenty trains per day. Many visit our Nurseries by taking a hack from 
Mineola, with forty -three trains per day, whereby a half-day trip can be easily arranged. Mineola has 
lines of trolley to Roslyn and Port Washington, to Hyde Park and Jamaica, to Hempstead, thence in 
two directions to Queens and Jamaica, and to Freeport, Lynbrook, Rockville Center, Valley Stream and 
Jamaica. 
The Mineola-Hicksville trolley passes the south end of our Nursery, two-thirds of a mile from our 
office. Car going west leaves 45 minutes past the hour, arriving at Mineola on the hour, five blocks 
from the L. I. R. R. Station. Going east leaves Mineola five minutes past the hour. 
