HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L. I. 



EVERGREENS 



Part of two car-loads of White Pine, 12 to 16 feet high, the first year after planting. These were trees which we root-pruned 

 where they were growing wild. They are broad, full specimens. We have shipped many car-loads, and they have been very 

 successful. 



PINE, 



Pitch. P. rigida. This is an excellent tree for seaside 

 planting. It has been largely used at Cape Cod and else- 

 where to hold drifting sand. Our little trees are the most 

 economical for this purpose. It is best to transplant the 

 beach grass and place the Pines between the clumps of 

 grass. The Pitch Pine is equally good on sandy soil, and 

 it will take care of itself and thrive where the conditions 

 are too severe for many other species. The best land- 

 scape material for a large part of Long Island is the native 

 Pines and Oaks. For information on seaside planting, 

 send to the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C, for Bulletins 57 and 65, on reclaiming 

 sand-dunes. 



The problem of seaside planting is an important one, 

 and we will gladly help you to solve it. Close planting for 

 mutual protection is more important than the species. 



continued 



Scotch. P. sylvestris. This is a big, round, blue-green 

 Pine, which will remain in good condition until it is 

 twenty or more years old. It grows rapidly while young. 

 It can be used for quick effects, planting more permanent 

 trees, as the White Pine, between. We have a number of 

 plants 5 to 8 feet high, which give a large mass of foliage 

 for a small expense. In fact, they are the cheapest ever- 

 green of that size that we offer. They are not broad, full 

 specimens, because they grow so rapidly that there is a 

 long, bare stem be- Plants 6 feet high can be 



tween each year's placed 6 feet apart and make 



ring of branches. .■ agoodscreen.Thesearegood 



We have trimmed . ' : for mass-planting at the 



them in May to -§S?^^^ k seaside, as they stand 

 make them ^^^^ spray and heavy 



bushy. . '^IwW^Hl^i^C winds do not injure 



"^"^ them. 



White Spruce close to the surf at Far Rockaway. These have been growing for thirty years, and are most thick and solid 

 where exposed to the salt spray. A view on the lawn of Mrs. John H. Cheever, Far Rockaway, Long Island 



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