TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



DECIDUOUS TREES 



MAPLE, continued 



Silver. A. saccharinum; syn., A. dasy car pum. The large 

 Silver Maples are cheaper than the Norway Maples, 

 because they grow more rapidly, and we have an 

 over-stock of them. Our large ones are grown 15 feet 

 apart so they have broad tops and good roots. Some of 

 them have been trimmed repeatedly to broad, symmet- 

 rical shapes like a Linden, and others have been allowed to 

 grow up taller, making them more valuable for tall screens. 



As to the good and bad qualities of the Silver Maple, 

 we consider it the best quick tree. Some object to the 

 splitting of the trunk. This is because it was formerly 

 customary to cut off the top when setting it out. This 

 formed a crotch low down in the tree, which might split 

 twenty years later. We go over our trees carefully, train- 

 ing the trees to a single leader. In Far Rockaway 

 and Brooklyn the borers are troublesome, weakening the 

 iDranches so they break off. This is not serious to the 

 eastward. The good qualities of the Silver Maple are 

 numerous. It is the most graceful tree next to the American 

 Elm, and will make a graceful growth where it is too dry 

 for the Elm to do so. It will give shade all summer, while 

 the Carolina Poplar is partially defoliated in August by 

 fungus. These tall trees are particularly economical for 

 shading new residences, forming an avenue, screening 

 objectionable buildings. They are very economical to 

 ship because the long, slender branches tie into small 

 compass. We have shipped several car-loads. If you 

 want shade 30 feet high, plant these Maples. They will 

 cost but a fraction as much as the Norway Maples or 



Pin Oaks of the same height. If you want, eventually, 

 other trees, as Lindens, Oaks and Tulip Trees, the Silver 

 Maples may be taken out. 



Wier's Weeping Silver. H. saccharinum, var. Wierii. 

 This is a variety of the last with graceful weeping branches 

 and cut leaves. 



Red, or Scarlet. A. ruhrum. For big, broad trees at 

 moderate price, we recommend our stock of Scarlet 

 Maples, 20 to 36 feet high, 5 to 10 inches in diameter, 10 

 to 18 feet spread. These have been in our nursery nine 

 years and are, therefore, cheaper than Norway Maples 

 of the same size which have been nursery-grown for 

 eighteen years. These Red, or Scarlet, Maples were wild 

 trees brought in from the vicinity. 



Sugar Maples and Elms were planted by the farmers 

 throughout New England and westward, making some of 

 the best landscape compositions. On Long Island the 

 Red Maple was occasionally planted in this way, and 

 around some of the older villages there are venerable trees, 

 showing a broad, oak-like growth. 



The Red Maple will thrive either in damp soil or good 

 soil on the upland. The autumn color depends on the 

 frost. While "Scarlet" is the proper name for them, no 

 one should expect all the trees to turn that color. People 

 frequently return from the northern or mountainous 

 regions in September, and expect to purchase Maples on 

 Long Island that will reproduce the effects they have 

 seen. The Maples will not do it here because the ocean 

 prevents the severe early frosts which the Maples require 

 to produce their most brilliant colors. 



MULBERRY • Morus 



Tea's Weeping, M. alba, var. Tatarica pendula. This is the best of the umbrella- 

 shaped trees. It is usually grafted on a strong, upright stem 4 to 6 feet high, form- 

 ing a large, rounded head, from which the branches arch over and hang to the 

 ground. 



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Group of Oaks planted on the lawn of Mr. A. W. Connable, Hewlett, Long Island. View the second season after 

 planting. These trees have been properly cut back, mulched and watered. Is not this a better beginning for a residence 

 than the usual planting of little trees ? 



THE PICTURES ON THE PRECEDING PAGE 



Top. — Residence of Mr. William D. Guthrie, Locust Valley, Long Island. This was built in a dense forest, and by planting 

 sixty low-branched, broad-spreading trees, an entirely different landscape was secured. These trees were moved from different 

 parts of the grounds and from neighboring estates on our tree-movers. 



Middle. — Norway Maples moved on our tree-movers about fifteen years ago. They have grown even more vigorously 

 than before, because rich ground was prepared two and one-half feet deep. 



Bottom. — View on the terrace of Mr. W. P. Thompson, Westbury, L. I. On the left, a large Norway Maple, and the right, 

 a Silver Maple behind the Cedar hedge. This shows accurately the lighter color and more graceful spray of the Silver Maple. 



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