HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L. I 



DECIDUOUS TREES 



Wild Cherry and Pitch Pine near the sea, planted for Mr. G. Warring:ton Curtis, Southampton, Long Island. One of the 

 local residents said, "You can't get trees to grow here; it is too near the ocean; it is south of the dead line." The owner pointed 

 to the Indian Reservation, where there was a remainder of the woodland equally near the sea, and he admitted that he had 

 never noticed it. Just because it is said that the trees cannot be grown, many seaside residences are bleak and uninteresting 

 The right way is to follow nature,— plant in thick groups, the foliage thick at the ground and coming up gradually away from the 

 sea. In this illustration the foliage has been cut away for the view. 



Planting was done by a crew of our men and tree-movers in December, collecting the Wild Cherry along the fence-rows. 

 At other parts of the grounds larger trees were used. The Pitch Pines are part of several car-loads of Cedar and Pine which had 

 been brought to the nurseries from the wild, grown a few years and sold. On other parts of the grounds, Bayberry bushes. Ink- 

 berry and other native plants were collected from the vicinity, and planted in dense groups. Another winter, a crew of our 

 men and several tree-movers transplanted twenty-five Apple trees of about 25 feet spread. The ground does not 

 freeze deeply near the sea. With a little mulching, work can continue all winter. The planting has been well cared for and 

 has thrived excellently. The points to remember are : It is practical and economical to plant large trees near the seashore, to 

 develop the landscape from native material, and to work all winter using local men and teams, with a few expert men and the 

 proper apparatus. 



CHERRY, continued 

 Weeping Japanese. P. pendula. This blooms very 

 early in the spring, even ahead of our Peaches and Plums, 

 and the first Violets. It makes a little tree of widely wav- 

 ing branches, so slender that they do not appear to sup- 

 port the pink veil of blossoms that float in the April air. 



Wild. P. serotina. This is the despised weed of the 

 hedge-rows, crowding out over the fields and having tent- 

 caterpillar and black-knot. It is the best quick-growing 

 tree for seaside planting, and should be used not only 

 as a tree, but also particularly in the thick mass-plant- 

 ings of trees and shrubs, which should always be used in 

 seaside conditions. We offer excellent stock for this pur- 

 pose, which will grow quickly. We have moved large trees 

 spreading 30 feet, to plant on bare, wind-swept seaside 

 lawns, with very satisfactory results, as they keep good 

 foliage in situations where other foliage is occasionally 

 damaged. Black-knot is not serious on this species. 

 Tent-caterpillar does not occur every year, and is quickly 

 destroyed with a kerosene torch. 



If we were to pick out trees to keep good foliage on the 

 most sandy and drought-stricken portions of Long Island, 

 as on parts of the Hempstead Plains, we would use Wild 

 Cherry for the quick effects and mix in Oaks, as they make 

 more dignified old trees. Major C. T. Barrett was the 

 first to use it extensively in landscape planting. He used 

 it for both mass-planting and avenues on the Far Rock- 

 away gravel soil near the ocean. 



Chinese Cork Tree ( Phellodendron). View on the lawn of 

 the late Charles G. Peters, Westbury, Long Island. 



This, the Cedrella and the Ailanthus, all came from China 

 and have similar insect- and fungus-resisting foliage. The 

 Ailanthus has come into disfavor because the pollen-bearing 

 trees (not the seed-bearing ones) have a disagreeable odor 

 when in bloom and, in some circumstances, the trees 

 send up numerous suckers. However, its foliage stands the 

 best under city conditions, and is excellent at the seashore. 

 We should be glad to give away plants of the Phellodendron 

 and Cedrella to those having an opportunity to test their 

 resistance to smoke and salt-spray. 



CHESTNUT . Castanea 



Japanese. C. crenata. This is nearly immune to the 

 Chestnut disease and therefore may continue to be planted 

 both for the fruit and for its excellent landscape qualities, 



CHINESE CORK TREE 



Phellodendron amurense 



This promises to be a valuable tree. It is not injured 

 by insects or drought. It makes a broad tree very 

 quickly. 



