TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



PLANTS FOR FORMAL GARDENS 



Cedar Arches at the Hicks Nurseries. 



The garden may be bordered with a walk like this, or the arches may be 

 placed end to end 



DOMES, continued 



Japanese Barberry. See also page 39. The natural 



habit of this fits it perhaps better than any other shrub 

 for training as a dome. It fills out solidly to the ground 

 and, with very little clipping, keeps its shape. The 

 twigs are so numerous that it looks solid in winter, when 

 it is charmingly decorated with coral berries, persisting 

 in their brightness until the next year's blossoms. One of 

 its great advantages is that it is absolutely hardy, 

 and, whether trimmed or not, it keeps in symmetrical 

 form. 



Gatalpa Bungei, Bush Form. See also page 39. This 

 is the same as the Standard, but without the stem. It 

 makes a close dome of large, uniformly overlapping leaves. 

 We have old plants pruned for several years. They will 

 give a good effect in a large garden or planting in the 

 shrubbery, especially at the seashore, where they are 

 particularly valuable as they withstand the salt air suc- 

 cessfully. Their large foliage pro- 

 duces a unique effect when the 

 trees are grown 

 in this form. 



Trained White Pines. The oldest Pines trained in this manner in this country 

 are at Wellesley, Massachusetts, on the grounds of the Hunnewell Estate 



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ARCHES 



There are many places where an arch is appropriate: 

 at the entrance to a garden or arching a path around a 

 garden or along a terrace. Arches may be quickly made 

 by growing vines over iron or rustic forms. Arches of 

 vines can be alternated with the more substantial arches 

 of Cedar, Privet or Hornbeam. 



Cedar. These are made by taking slender, flexible 

 Cedars and bending them over an iron arch. It is difficult 

 to get Cedars of this character, because they have to grow 

 on rich ground which is not usually abandoned to Cedars. 

 They can be readily shipped because the iron arch is 

 connected by a right and left coupling. We have shipped 

 many of these arches, packing each half in a crate. 



Privet. California Privet makes a beautiful arch, and 

 gives an added touch of seclusion to a garden surrounded 

 by a tall Privet hedge. These are trained on two parallel 

 iron rods about 18 inches apart, connected by a wire 

 netting. For transplanting, the arches are disconnected 

 in the center. 



Hornbeam. We have Plornbeams trained to make 

 arches 12 feet wide. A very mature effect can be accom- 

 plished similar to the trained arches of espalier fruits 

 in the old European gardens. We offer an unpar- 

 alleled opportunity to secure a very 

 dignified and complete effect in a new 

 garden. This is one of the most satis- 

 factory of all deciduous trees to use 

 in this manner, as the foliage, which 

 turns a beautiful and harmonious shade 

 of russet-brown, clings to the branches 

 all winter. 



SHEARED PINES 



White Pine, Trained. We have 

 trained these to uniform shapes for the 

 past six years. In a garden devoted 

 to topiary work, they will give effect 

 on a larger scale than anything im- 

 ported, and one impossible to produce 

 with any other evergreen. 



