EVERGREENS 



Is your garden framed like this ? Can it be ? This Fall and 

 Winter is the time to do it. Come to the nursery, pick out the 

 plants, arrange for their location. The pleasure is yours right away. 

 Evergreens work for you especially in the Winter. They shut 

 off what you don't want to see and let you see what you do want of the distant landscape 

 and the sky. Your grounds can be a series of outdoor rooms, each devoted to its special 

 purpose; open lawn; flower garden; entrance court; service court; laundry yard; vege- 

 table garden; garage court and orchard. Evergreens form the best side walls for many 

 of these rooms. The best way is to plant them as an irregular border; spacing them so 

 they lap over each other and make a complete screen or windbreak where it is most 

 needed. Other places they can be wider apart and more deciduous trees and shrubs 

 used. We will be glad to carry out your ideas in planning out evergreen plantings. 



Winter planting is an established practice with us. Long Island rarely freezes 

 more than 4 in. deep before the middle of January. The oceanic climate holds back 

 the Winter. A map by the U. S. Weather Bureau shows 200 days without frost 

 in south Brooklyn and Suffolk County, as compared with 160 days in the same latitude 

 on the mainland. For Winter planting we will mulch your ground with 4-8 in. of straw, 

 salt hay or leaves which make the best possible plant food for your plants or keeps 

 out the frost and permits planting all Winter. We have planted many thousands of 

 evergreens this way in the Winter with excellent success and economy. Come and see 

 the special offers for late Fall and Winter planting of evergreens. You get more trees for 

 less money. - " 



HICKS NURSERIES, WEST BURY, LONG ISLAND 

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