HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L. I. 



DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



Spirsea Van Houttei. On the right, a stairway of sod and planks 



JAPAN QUINCE 



Cydonia Japonica; syn., Pyrus 

 Japonica 



We stopped growing this when tke 

 San Jose scale was serious, for it was a 

 favorite host. The scale is now much 

 less numerous, and Japanese Quinces 

 are able to hold their own. Of course, 

 the fruit trees on the place need spray- 

 ing every year, and it is an easy matter 

 to give the ornamental planting, liable 

 to scale, a treatment at the same time, 

 and it will result in more luxuriant 

 growth of bush and foliage with a 

 greater profusion of flowers. This 

 advice includes the Double-flowering 

 Crabs and the flowering Cherries. 



RHODOTYPOS 



Kerria 



White. R.kerrioides. A shrub grow- 

 ing 6 feet high, with white blossoms like 

 the Mock Orange and Exochorda. It is 

 decorated in the fall and winter with 

 large, shining black berries. It is a grace- 

 ful shrub and would be used more if 

 its merits were known, or if it possessed 

 a common name. 



Privet Trained in Formal Shapes 



See also Plants for Formal Gardens, page 81 



Ibota, Standard, or Bay Tree Form. We have worked 

 seven years to get up a stock of these, of uniform shape. 

 The base of the head is flat, being trained out on a hoop, 

 as they are not stiff enough to hold their shape without it. 

 These are valuable for decorating formal gardens and 

 terraces, giving an effect very similar to the Bay Tree 

 at less initial expense, and none of the deterioration which 

 sooner or later, overtakes the Bay Tree, even when kept 

 in a warm building over winter. 



California, Standard, or Bay Tree Form. The larger 

 of these are fifteen years old, and carry very dense heads 

 of mature appearance. 



Ibota, Pyramidal. These are trained up to symmet- 

 rical pyramids. Their place is in 

 formal planting, courtyards, terraces, 

 and flower-gardens, where the pyram- 

 idal Boxwood, Irish Yew and similar 

 plants are called for. These will give 

 the same effect in summer with no 

 risk of winter-killing. 



Ibota, Dome Shape. These have 

 been cut back and can be kept in the 

 shape of a hemisphere. They are 

 suitable at the foundations of a new 

 house or in a large formal plantation. 

 If used in the shrubbery or in the 

 hedge, they may be allowed to grow 

 up and will make an extra-wide plant. 

 The advantage of using this variety of 

 Privet is that one need not fear that 

 an extra-cold winter will affect it. It 

 is hardy under all conditions. 



California, Arches. Oftentimes 

 over a gate at an entrance, between 

 the laundry-yard, garden or stable- 

 yard, an arch gives a finish and matur- 

 ity not otherwise obtainable. A row 

 of arches can be used down the sides 

 of a flower-garden. We make the 

 frame in parts, connected by a right 

 and left coupling so that they are 

 easily shipped and set up again. 



RUBUS • Raspberry 



Flowering. R. odoratus. Many are famiHar with this 

 growing along the ledges, with flowers Uke little single 

 deep pink roses and followed by flat, sour fruits. It 

 flowers all summer and is excellent to mix in the shrubbery. 



SNOWBERRY 



Symphoricarpos racemosus 



A shrub growing 3 or 4 feet high, and most decorative 

 in September and October, with snow-white berries about 

 )4 inch in diameter. The numerous stems come up thickly 

 from the ground, so that it may be used at the edge of 

 shrubbery or on steep banks. 



White Kerria (Rhodotypos kerrioides). The first blooms appear in early May 

 and there are a few blossoms scattered throughout the summer. In the background 

 the white spikes are Bridal Wreath. 



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