EVERGREENS 



PINUS, Pines 



The best evergreens for Long Island. Nature has most strongly developed the 

 Pine in this soil and climate. In New York and New Jersey there are nine species of 

 Pine, some come from the sandy coastal plain, others come down from the rocky and 

 gravelly slopes of the north. Both are happy on Long Island. 



For your comfort, beauty, economy and value of your place, there is now available 

 the best possible evergreen foliage. It is in the best possible condition for vigorous 

 growth on your grounds. The best time to get full value of the Pines is to plant them 

 in the Fall and Winter when they work for you right away. They are not little things 

 you can pat on the head, but big bulwarks to stand between you and the outside world. 



All of these Pines will help you carry out the ideal of the late President Roosevelt. 

 "One thing I like about . my place, I do not live in anybody else's pocket." Sagamore 

 Hill is a good Long Island" hill-top farm with orchards, hay fields and a ring of forest 

 all around it, the view extending over the tops of the Oak and Cedars across Long 

 Island Sound. It was not "in anybody else's pocket." < You can make your place 

 not "in anybody else's pocket" to a large degree— even if it is only 50 or lpO ft. wide — 

 you can make a barrier of evergreen foliage 10 ft. high and only 5 ft. wide and keep 

 it that size by pinching back the new growth in early Summer. 



In using these American Pines you will be carrying out another of the late President's 

 principles. He was asking why the Elm tree at the porte-cochere was failing. "It 

 is a Scotch Elm and does not like our dry Summer air and usually turns yellow in mid- 

 Summer. Why did you not plant native trees that like this climate ?" "Do you know, 

 Mr. Hicks, when I planted my place I could not get native American trees." These two 

 statements are the cardinal principles of the nursery business and landscape gardening. 



PINUS Banksiana (diyaricata). Jack Pine. Picturesque, irregular, flat top tree 

 for the seashore and dry, windy places. 



10 ft. high, 6 ft. spread, 8 yrs. old . . .$20.00 each, $190.00 per 10 



Sheared pyramids for a hedge in a windy place: 

 10-12 ft. high, 4 ft. wide . .$35.00 each, $300.00 per 10 



P. montana Mughus. Mugho Pine. Little green cushions 1 to 5 ft. high. On the 

 Alps snow slides over tjtiem. Just the thing for a low planting on the sunny side of 

 the house or out on a hill with Bayberry bushes, or to taper down taller plantings of 

 Pines. 



1-1 1^ ft. wide .$3.00 each, $25.00 per 10 



13^-2 ft. wide. ' 5.00 each, 40.00 per 10 



P. nigra austriaca. Austrian Pine. Big, sturdy, bee-hive-shaped domes that always 

 look the same for twenty years, never browned by salt spray, neither cold or March 

 wind; keeps a good color in city smoke and makes it practical for you to have a beautiful 

 backyard garden this Winter. They have long, coarse roots but our method of 

 repeated transplanting with large balls of earth makes them a good investment. 

 Height Each Per 10 Height ■ Each Per 10 



4ft $800.00 per 100 $10.00 $90.00 6 ft $20.00 $180X0 



5 ft 14.00 130.00 7 ft . . 30.00 250.00 



P. resinosa. Red, or Norway Pine. Similar to the Austrian Pine, but a darker green. 

 An illustration of the neglect of one of the best native trees is the fact that a few 

 years ago these were not offered in Europe or America. We secured a quantity of 

 seed and now you have a chance to plant a Pine forest that will grow up into tall, 

 narrow, symmetrical trees with beautiful, ruddy bark. A truckload of these Pines 

 with Holly, Laurel and white Birch will make the best investment you ever made 

 on your country place. ^Particularly valuable for an immediate screen on a small 

 area. <• - 



Height Spread Each Per 10 Per 100 Height Spread Each Per 10 Per 100 



3 ft. .$3.50 $30.00 $275.00 6 ft. 4ft $15.00 $125.00 



4 ft. 3" ft..... 5.00 40.00 300.00 8 ft. 5 ft 25.00 



5 ft. 3 ft 8.00 70.00 



HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, LONG ISLAND 

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