HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L. I. 



DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



Hydrangea paniculata praecox. This and the Tardiva have 

 the same appearance. It is a sturdy, tall shrub, better adapted 

 for general planting than the variety Grandiflora commonly 

 seen, because it looks less artificial. 



UPRIGHT HONEYSUCKLE, continued 



Early Fragrant. L. fragrantissima. This seems to 

 forget that winter is coming, and keeps bright green until 

 midwinter. Like all the Bush Honeysuckles, it is especially- 

 good at the seashore. It has yellow flowers the latter part 

 of April. 



Fly. L. Xylosteum. This comes early in leaf, and has pairs 

 of little pink flowers the last of April. It also bears clusters 

 of bright red berries. 



ST. JOHN'S WORT • Hypericum 



Little shrubs i to 3 feet high, thickly covered with 

 yellow star-shaped flowers in midsummer. 



DWARF HORSE-CHESTNUT 



Aesculus parviflora; syn., Ae, macrostachya 



There comes a time between spring-flowering shrubs 

 and the late summer shrubs ( Hydrangea paniculata grandi- 

 flora and Althea), when there are no flowers in most shrub 

 collections. This period is bridged by the Dwarf Horse- 

 Chestnut, Hydrangea quercifolia, and Hydrangea radiata. 

 The Dwarf Horse-Chestnut is a broad shrub about 7 feet 

 high, with slender spikes of graceful flowers, i foot long. 



It is a slow-growing shrub, and takes two or three times 

 as long as other flowering shrubs to make a bushy plant 

 3 feet high. It is rarely offered by nurseries. We have a 

 stock of small plants and recommend that a few of them 

 be included in most shrub borders. The foliage is always 

 healthy, whereas that of the large Horse-Chestnut on 

 most Long Island soils becomes rusty in August. 



HYDRANGEA 



Hydrangea paniculata, var. grandiflora. This is 

 the most showy shrub in August and September, with 

 white, pyramidal flower-panicles i foot long and eight 

 inches wide. It is perfectly hardy. The largest flowers 

 are secured by rich ground and severe cutting back every 

 winter. Plants may be cut to within 6 inches of the ground, 

 or, if tall shrubs, the previous year's growth can be cut 

 back to one joint. This permits but few shoots to grow; 

 they receive all the food of the plant, and each is termina- , 

 ted by an immense flower-cluster. 



Hydrangea paniculata, var. prsecox. An early- 

 flowering Hydrangea. The wild form of the former, having 



an open, more 

 graceful cluster 

 of flowers. It 

 blooms in July 



Upright Honeysuckle in the foreground. Good planting to separate a lawn from a road in a residence park. It is less 

 jepellent than a stiff hedge and expresses more fully the ideals of the owner. The group is close to a few old Cedars that were 

 there, and under them have been planted the native Laurel, White Birch and Bayberry. To them have been added a few culti^ 

 vated shrubs to add height and dignity. 



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