HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L. I 



DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



VIBURNUM, continued 

 Common Snowball. V. Opulus sterile. This is the old-fas hioned Snowball. 

 The bush is covered with big white balls of flowers about Memorial Day. The 

 leaves are usually curled by an Aphis. 



Japanese Snowball. C. tomentosum plicatum. The excellent foliage of this 

 leads to its preference over the Common Snowball. It is a sturdy, broad shrub, 

 always in good condition. It may be known by the leaves being ridged. 



Viburnum tomentosum. A wild form of the above, with flat flower-clusters 

 about 6 inches across, with sterile, white flowers on the outer circle. It is a very 

 showy shrub of good quality. 



WEIGELA 



One of the most useful shrubs on account of its vigorous growth and 

 free-flowering habit. The bushes will grow 8 to lo feet high and equally 

 broad; the wide-arching branches are thickly clustered with pink bells in 

 May and June. Colors of the different varieties range from white and 

 pink to deep red, like that of the variety Eva Rathke. 



JAPANESE PUSSY WILLOW 



Salix multinervis 



Earliest of all flowers, coming inblooni in Februarj^ 

 while the other Pussy Willows bloom in March. It 

 is suitable to plant in the shrubbery, to cover banks 

 of streams, or at the seaside. It is a shrub about 4 

 feet high, but much wider because the recHning stems take 

 root as they grow. 



WITCH HAZEL 



Hamamelis Virginiana 



Latest of all flowers. It will bloom during 

 November and until mid- December. It is 

 pleasant to discover among the trees and shrubs, 

 the spicy fragrance of these yellow flowers. At 

 the sam€ time there is a ripening of the seeds 

 from the previous year's blossoms. As the pods 

 open with a snap, they will shoot the seeds 

 twenty feet. It is not a common plant in nurseries, but we have succeeded in working 

 up a stock of excellent quality. It is a sturdy, dignified, Oak-like shrub, 10 to 15 

 feet high. It can be used in plantations of Oak, Pine, Dogwood and other trees, as 

 well as in boundary plantations of taller shrubs. An opportunity to get these in 

 large quantities at low rates is not often presented, and we would advise planters 

 to take advantage of it. 



Flowers of the Viburnum 

 acerifolium 



Witch Hazel. It has yellow 

 strap-shaped petals which resist 

 severe freezing. This makes the 

 period without flowers to the 

 Japanese Pussy Willow in Feb- 

 ruary, a short one. 



YELLOW ROOT • Xanthorrhiza apiifolia 



A cover-plant for shady places, or banks along woodland paths. It grows about i foot high and has inconspicuous 

 brownish flowers in April. 



Weigela, natural size 

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