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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westhury Station, N. Y.— -Evergreens 
or preferably more, to gain the mutual protection. If you are planting large evergreens, as Pines and Cedars, 
10 to 20 feet high, it will be best to leave 3 to 8 feet space between the outer branches of each tree, and 
to plant two or three rows of trees to make a complete screen. This results in the sun reaching the lower 
branches of each tree, and thus making a dense screen or windbreak. Otherwise the lower branches are 
shaded and killed. 
The grouping of evergreens is comparatively an easy matter. They show what they are when they 
arrive, unlike deciduous trees and shrubs. Evergreens may be grouped alone or with other trees and shrubs. 
If they love company, it does not mean necessarily evergreen company. The best Pine timber is frequently 
mixed with Birch and Oak, and in landscape planting Oak and Pine make one of the strongest combinations. 
If you wish a belt of evergreens mixed with deciduous trees and shrubs, the evergreens can be planted in 
August and September and the shrubs the following autumn and spring. 
Hemlocks dislike the dry northwest 
wind. Therefore, when they are young, they 
may be surrounded with deciduous shrubs, 
as Weigela, Golden Bell, Spirea, Viburnum, 
or Witch Hazel. These should be cut back or 
moved away, to allow 2 feet of space for the 
sunlight around the evergreens. One of the 
best Pine groves we have seen is arranged in 
this manner. 
The planting of evergreens is one of the 
simplest horticultural operations. If there 
is no ball of earth on the roots, spread the 
roots out in the hole and cover with mellow 
earth and pack firmly with a stick or the foot. 
If the ground is dry, water it. A mulch of 
leaves, straw or manure will help hold the 
moisture. With evergreens shipped with a 
ball of earth, arrange the group by setting 
the trees in the positions desired, dig the 
holes and set the trees in. Then remove the 
covering to the ball of earth and spread out 
the roots. If the ball of earth should crumble, 
that is no special harm, spread out the roots 
and cover them with mellow earth. It is less 
necessary to water them than where the trees 
are delivered without ball of earth. However, 
in summer planting, the demands of the foli- 
age are constant and it is not wise to omit 
water. 
Carting good soil is rarely necessary 
for evergreens, because, as you have probably 
noticed, they are usually native to the poorer 
soils. Evergreens require only a small fraction 
as much moisture as deciduous trees; that is, 
a Maple tree will need ten times as much 
water in a season as a Pine tree of the same bulk; therefore, a moisture-retaining soil is not necessary. 
Plant and let Nature work for you. Rain and sun cost nothing, after the land is paid for. 
How to Order. Order from this price-list or, if you wish more rare varieties, write for list. It is not 
necessary to come to the Nursery to select your stock. We have large blocks of evergreens, and will select 
trees of good quality. There are very few trees of unsymmetrical form, and these we skillfully prune and 
keep to grow into good-shaped specimens, or throw into the bonfire. However, a visit to the Nursery, 
either summer or winter, may be a revelation to you of the beauty and variety of evergreens, and may aid 
you in understanding which is the most economical size to buy for various purposes. 
Large evergreens, from io to 30 feet, had best be the subject of correspondence or, preferably, a con- 
ference on your grounds or at the nursery. Large evergreens, up to 25 feet, can be safely shipped by rail and 
larger sizes by barge. 
We are experimenting with all the evergreens we can get that are likely to survive here. They are 
peittg tested in the Nursery and in various sites; seashore and center of Long Island; on the mainland, on 
Hedge of tall Cedars planted by us to separate the service court 
from the formal garden for Mr. Stanley Mortimer, Roslyn. This 
hedge is double, to more effectively shut out sight and sound. We 
offer hundreds of similar evergreens 
