TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



EVERGREENS 



WHITE PINE . Pinus Strobus 



F ALL trees in the northeastern states, this has taken the lead as a timber 

 tree since the country was first settled. In the landscape, it is king of the 

 evergreens. Fashions in all else may change, but they cannot change to set 

 aside the White Pine. It lends itself to nearly every situation, except that 

 it_ does not endure salt spray directly from the ocean so well' as some other 

 Pines. With a few feet of either deciduous or other evergreen trees to sift 

 out the salt, it thrives. For forest-planting, it is being used in lots of 10,000,000 

 annually. In thirty to sixty years the crop will be ready to harvest. 



For extensive landscape planting, it is used in lots of 10,000 or more. 

 For instance, at Wheatlands, the estate of Mr. E. D. Morgan, Wheatley 

 Hills, Long Island, the landscape consists of two hills, clothed with Pines, 

 j with the residence and several hundred acres of meadow between. Few 

 I have the imagination and foresight to obtain such hospitable and dignified 

 'I effects by the simplest, most direct and economical means. The planting 

 I cost about $30 per acre and maintained itself. Two- or three-year-old 

 I Pines were placed at intervals of 10 feet among the Bayberries, Blackber- 

 j ries, White Birches and Cedars of the abandoned sandy hills. 



For evergreen windbreaks. White Pine is the best because it is so 

 I broad and presents so many little needles to stop the wind. Three rows of 

 I trees are better than a single line, because there are six layers of foliage 

 I that the wind must force through. It is far better than a wall, because the 

 I wind hits a wall and bounces over. 



White Pine is the quickest-growing evergreen in the long run. It will 

 gain from 2 to 3 feet per year. 



The beauty of the White Pine is but little understood, because many 

 people have not had the opportunity to see it at its best, where it has 

 had ample room to develop its broad spread, and exhibit its horizontal Hghts and shadows. It will equal the Cedars of 

 Lebanon, which have been growing for centuries about old EngHsh Castles. Some may object to White Pine on small 

 lawns, but it can be easily kept in bounds by pinching back the ends of the longest growths in May or June. 



We offer the largest and probably the only stock of big Pines in the country. We bring in trees from 10 to 30 feet 

 high, and grow them several years so that they are in the best possible condition for transplanting. Trees up to 30 feet 

 high can be shipped by rail and larger ones by barge. White Pines of large size have been extremely successful when 

 moved. They soon recover their normal density and rate of growth. 



The most economical way is to have us ship two car-loads of trees, 10 to 25 feet high, from the wild groves where 

 we have root-pruned them. They can be shipped in August and September, or during the winter and spnng. They 

 are economical, because they have grown as weeds in the pastures and there is no expense for the ten or twenty years 

 they have been growing. You pay only for the transplanting. We send a crew of experienced men and apparatus for 

 quickly handling large balls of earth. Local men and teams 

 are also employed. 



A shipment of two car-loads may contain twelve 

 trees, 12 feet; six, 14 feet; six, 16 feet; eight, 18 feet; 

 and one, 20 feet. We will quote prices delivered only, 

 by freight, or delivered and planted. 



Large White Pine moved by our tree- 

 moving apparatus about three years before 

 it was photographed. 



Plantinglbovt s^t-wall on the groun^Mr^^^^Heckscher Huntington, Long I^^^^^ T^^g^^^^^l s^o th^? even^u^T; 

 suckle and Wild Cherry, and between them are scattered little Pitch Pines, Scotch Pines, and White Spruces so that eventually 

 part of the bank will be covered with evergreen foliage protecting it all the year. +1,0 Koorh conform to the 



.^^11 jetties have been very successful because both the sea-wall the pavem^t of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 natural slopes, whereas many vertical sea-walls are washed out by water dropping back from the ve^ 



If the bottom of the bank is held, we can plant the slope, as we have large quantities of native material at very low prices 

 suitable for planting large areas at low cost. 



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