HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L. I. 



EVERGREENS 



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Trimming large Cedars in our nurseries, where they have 

 been growing seven years 



HEMLOCK HEDGE 



We have two old hedges that can be used instead of a stone 

 wall around a formal garden. They will cost no more, 

 and will increase in size and dignity. These hedges have 

 been carefully pruned for thirty or forty years. Both 

 were started by nurserymen who appreciated the superior 

 beauty of the Hernlock, and made hedges on their home 

 grounds. We moved them to our nursery to have them 

 available for immediate planting. They can be readily 

 shipped by rail. 



JUNIPER • Juniperus 



Irish. /. communis, var. Hihernica. This will make a 

 narrow spire, 5 feet high and 10 inches in diameter, of 

 bluish green foliage. It does not thrive well with us. 

 We are training small Red Cedars for the same purpose. 



Swedish. /. communis, var. Suecica. It is just the same 

 as the Irish Juniper, except that it is slightly wider and 

 hardier. For formal planting, it is most appropriate. 



Common. /. communis, var. Canadensis. There is a 

 wide demand for a low^ evergreen that will stay low and 

 remain in good condition. This is native on Long Island 

 and northward, and fills the requirements exactly. _We 

 have worked up a large stock and it is in the best possible 

 condition for successful planting. The trees will grow about 

 I to 3 feet high, and 3 to 8 or more feet in wddth. They 

 delight in dry, sand}^ soil, sunshine, and severe winds. 



Entrance planting has heretofore consisted of tall 

 shrubs or evergreens, which obstruct the view and make 

 a point liable to automobile accidents. Such plantings 

 should be removed and grass or low plantings substituted. 

 There are but few plants which will stay low. This is 

 one of them. Others are Thunberg's Barberry, Mugho 

 Pine, Spircea callosa alba, Boxwood, Rhus aromatica, 

 Indian Currant, Deutzia gracilis, Spreading Yew, Canadian 

 Yew, Dwarf Japanese Yew, Dwarf Norway Spruce and 

 Retinispora obtusa nana. 



Juniperus Sabina prostrata. This grows along the 

 coast of Maine, creeping along the rocks just above the 

 surf. In cultivation it will make a bright green mat of 

 foliage 6 inches high and 5 feet across, turning bluish 

 purple in winter. 



Juniperus Chinensis. A compact, blue-green tree, 

 resembling the Red Cedar. 



Juniperus Chinensis procumbens. This rnakes a 

 cushion of bright green foliage about 8 inches high. In 

 Japan it is used for holding sand-dunes. 



Juniperus striata. A compact, little, _ blue-green 

 plant, about 2 feet high and 1 3^ feet broad, making a dense, 

 sharp cone. It is useful in a formal planting of evergreens. 



Hemlock hedge No. 2 in our nurseries. This is about forty 



years old 



Hedge twenty-five years old, moved from our nurseries, 

 to separate the flower-garden from the laundry-yard. Resi- 

 dence of Mr. W. G. Oakman, Roslyn, Long Island. 



