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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Y. — Landscape 
Landscape Architecture 
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Henry Hicks, Cornell University, College of Agriculture 
Harold Truesdel Patterson, of Harvard School of Landscape Architecture 
Arnold P. Kohler, Civil Engineer 
O those desiring landscape advice we offer our services for all classes 
of artistic work in connection with the landscape development of 
grounds surrounding private dwellings in city, or suburbs, or country; 
on new estates, or the renovation of old estates, either large or small; 
parks, and landscape forestry ; and to make detailed reports on special 
problems in connection with landscape architecture. 
The method of procedure necessitates a visit of examination, to 
determine the proper treatment of the property, as the location and orientation of 
the house, stable and outbuildings ; subdivisions, as lawn, flower and vegetable 
gardens, service and laundry courts ; the courses of the drives and walks ; the arrange- 
ment of groves of trees and shrubbery for the beauty of form and color in the house 
picture, in framing distant views, and in screening objectionable features from sight. 
Plans, specifications, estimates and superintendence of construction are furnished in 
connection with this work. 
It is obviously clear that the Landscape Architect should be employed from the 
beginning, to give the dwelling the proper relation to views, divisions of the property, 
necessary approaches, natural drainage and prevailing winds, The house should be 
placed to fit the ground, and all approaches, divisions and views should be planned 
for before the house is built. The ideal design makes a single unit or composition 
of the house and all the parts surrounding it ; the house fits the grounds ; the drives 
and paths approach correctly ; and the various other buildings are arranged to suit 
the peculiar needs of that particular place. Convenience and beauty are the primary 
qualities of a good design. 
We can lay the foundation of this work for you by submitting plans and advice, 
for the present and future, for the working out of a definite and tangible ideal to- 
ward which all steps may progress. 
Landscape Forestry as applied to Long Island conditions is the slow and sytem- 
atic development of the trees in the closely growing, monotonous woods into a di- 
versified and interesting forest of wide-spreading trees, which show the characteristic 
beauty of their species. This development of the woodland is obtained through 
judicious selection of the trees to remain as the future forest, and gradually pre- 
paring them for changed conditions. These are naturally those kinds best suited to 
produce the picturesque results suggested by the situation. The aim is to obtain the 
fullest degree of forest beauty under existing conditions. 
There are many excellent residential sites, now shut in and unattractive, which 
may be developed in three to five years by Landscape Forestry and by clearing the 
woods for future lawns, vistas and breezeways. 
We are prepared to make reports on landscape problems, forestry, seaside plant- 
ing and horticultural questions. 
The fees for these services are reasonable, varying with the classes and con- 
ditions of work. 
ISAAC HICKS & SON 
Westbury Station, Long Island, New York 
