

TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 





PLANTS FOR FORMAL GARDENS 



Hemlock hedge No. 3, five hundred feet long, about thirty-five years old. Can you imagine a better garden boundary 

 than this? It was transplanted m August and September, 1910. It is ready for shipment by raU or delivery by tree-movers. 



PYRAMIDS, continued 



Ibota Privet. These have been accurately trained for 

 the past five years, and will give a mature result at less 

 expense than any other plant we offer. We recommend 

 them highly for planting on either side of a walk on small 

 cottage grounds, or for decorating large, formal gardens. 

 The fact that the Ibota Privet never winter-kills makes 

 this variety doubly valuable. 



Boxwood. ■ Boxwood will always be a favorite on ac- 

 count of its dense growth and dark green color, qualities 

 in which it excels all other plants. If freshly imported 

 Boxwoods are used, it is necessary to water them carefully 

 the first summer. In Holland, the water is so near the 

 surface that they do not make as deep roots as they need 

 in this soil and climate. See also page 52. 



White Spruce. See also page 33. We have thousands 

 of these Httle plants, 2 feet high, that are the same size 

 and shape. They are dense, dark green with a tinge of 

 blue, perfectly hardy and certain to make satisfactory 

 growth. They present an opportunity to secure formal 

 plants at a minimum price. Such an opportunity is not 

 likely to be repeated, because a stock Hke this is not 

 generally grown. 



Douglas Spruce. See also page 35. This is equally 

 as valuable as the White Spruce. It grows a little more 

 rapidly and not quite as dense; therefore, to get the same 

 result, it is best to prune both in the summer and in the 

 winter. This will result in keeping the trees in correct 

 form and in fine condition. 



Japanese Yew. See also page 36. We have a few of 

 these 2 feet high, suitable for choice situations demanding 

 a plant of high quality. They will grow in about the same 

 shape as the Spruce trees and, with clipping, will become 

 very dense and even. 



Lombardy Poplar. See also page 20. Under favorable 

 conditions this will undoubtedly make the quickest effect, 

 but on Long Island it is very prone to get thin and raggy 

 . with a little-understood disease which kills the twigs and 

 the bark of the main stem. To keep them in good condi- 

 tion, they should be cut back severely and given an abun- 

 dance of food and water. 



As substitutes we are propagating the Pyramidal Tulip 

 Tree and Pyramidal Locust, both of which will make 

 splendid pyramidal trees, as both bear distinctive and 

 beautiful flowers which add to their effectiveness. 



Cedar. See also page 24. The best large pyramid is, 

 without question, the Red Cedar. This will closely re- 

 produce the effect of the Cypress in Italian gardens. We 

 have thousands of them in all sizes up to 30 feet. Some 

 have been trained to exact lines and others have been 

 clipped but allowed to preserve the slightly irregular 

 form with the vertical lights and shadows seen in the 

 best wild growth. They are superior in every way to the 

 Lombardy Poplar, but cost more. We can ship car-loads 

 of these at any time. 



Our methods of moving these large trees is so perfect 

 that there is absolutely no risk in transplanting them from 

 our Nurseries to your grounds. We shall be glad to give 

 suggestions as to how trained Cedars may be used to 

 produce immediate effects. 



Hornbeam hedge in winter. We have 1,000 feet of Horn- 

 beam hedge that has been trimmed four feet high, suitable 

 for garden, terrace or service court. 



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