TREES 



PRUNUS serrulata. Japanese Double Flowering j Cherry. Double pink blossoms. 

 You will understand why the Japanese have a holiday at Cherry blossom time. In a 

 garden as on page 44, the Japanese Cherry, Magnolia, early Tulips, Pansies and 

 English Daisy give full reward ten days earlier than usual for planning an early 

 Spring garden. 



Height Each Per 10 Height Each Per 10 



6 ft $5.00 $45.00 10 ft $15.00 $125.00 



8 ft 10.00 75.00 12 ft 18.00 



QUERCUS. Oak. The Oak and the Pine are the greatest contributions of the Hicks 

 Nurseries to the landscape of Long Island. Nature made probably 80% of the 

 forests of Long Island Oak and Pine. Nurserymen have side-stepped growing them 

 because they had long, coarse roots and did not transplant as readily as the Elm and 

 Maple, and because it took hustling to get the seeds ahead of the wind and squirrels, 

 and it was easier to put in cuttings of Poplar or little imported trees. We have 

 overcome those difficulties. You do not buy a gamble. The results are guaran- 

 teed. The trees are prepared to stand the shock of transplanting. Oaks 

 were reputed slow. A few of them are, but these Oaks are tuned to dry ground. 

 The Poplars on such ground are ultimately slow because they die back or disappear. 

 We will show you oaks keeping ahead of Maples and Lindens. They make a second 

 growth in a drought and keep smiling when other trees look sad and yellow. Oaks 

 show mature beauty when they are young. They show the strength of a young 

 athlete. You will never be sorry if you become an Oak enthusiast. You can laugh 

 at your friends who say they are slow. First, because they are not and second, because 

 we have grown big ones that you can hang a hammock on. A big ball of earth is used 

 in moving some of them. We can mulch the ground to keep out frost and have it 

 done in the slack season after Christmas. Next Spring there will not be time to 

 handle big balls of earth and you get more trees for your money in Winter. Plant 

 Oaks for street, lawns, forests, groves, boundary belts and shrubs. For the latter 

 purpose they have stronger character than Privet and the usual flowering shrubs. 



O. alba. White Oak. White Oak typifies the Oak of art and literature. The finest 

 Oaks you know are probably White Oaks. If you will stop to look at a young 

 White Oak you will see it has branches like the arm of a blacksmith. The foliage 

 on page two is of the White Oak, but it is more violet red, therefore important when 

 you make up your color schemes. Come and look over a block of White Oaks 16 years 

 old. Even if they are only 16 ft. high you will be pleased with them. For a memorial 

 tree you cannot make a wiser choice. For an avenue tree you will be proud of them. 

 Bowne Avenue, Flushing, is planted with a variety of Oaks. Do you wish to do the 

 same ? 



Height Diam. Each Per 10 Height Diam. Each Per 10 



2 ft $0.50 $2.00 10 ft., 13^-2 in $10.00 $90.00 



3 ft 75 7.00 12 ft. 2% in 18.00 160.00 



4 ft 1.00 9.00 14 ft. 3 in 25.00 225.00 



6 ft 3.50 32.50 14 ft. 3^ in 35.00 325.00 



8 ft 6.00 50.00 16 ft. 4 in 50.00 475.00 



O. bicolor. Swamp White Oak. This, with the Quercus macrocarpa or Mossy Cup 

 Oak or Burr Oak, prefers a heavy, hard pan or clay subsoil. They don't like it on 

 this sandy subsoil, therefore, we make a special price to clear off about 400 trees 

 9-12 ft. high, just right for park and extensive landscape planting or for street trees. 

 Suitable for the heavy soils about Locust Valley, Great Neck, Westchester Co., 

 Northern New Jersey and Pennsylvania. They will more quickly give the effect of 

 White Oak than any other tree. You will be proud of them when you plant them 

 and they will be a monument for centuries. Do you want to see how old trees look ? 

 We can show you some in Westbury, south of the Flushing Cemetery and along the 

 stream at the Valley Land Company, Glen Head. 



1^-2-in. diameter, 9-12 ft. high $1.50 each, $10.00 per 10, $75.00 per 100 



2>^-4 in. diameter, 12-16 ft. high,. 6-10 ft. spr., 12. yrs. old $20.00 each, $150.00 per 10 



EVERYTHING FROM HICKS IS GUARANTEED 



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