Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y. 
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We have several acres of White Pines like this in our nursery. They are 6 to 9 feet high and have been 
growing wide apart for the past six years. They are vigorous trees with excellent roots. At 6 ft. high, where 
you want the screen, the foliage is broader and more dense than usual because we have trimmed them. At 
the prices we quote, they will make one of the biggest masses of evergreen foliage you can get for the 
money. Still cheaper are trees like the one in the foreground, which are thin or bare at the base, and 
which are offered at a lower price; that is, this tree 7 feet high is $1.50. (See page 20.) 
Note the extra large balls of earth on these trees. Would you not rather receive such a load than a box 
as in the foreground, with small balls of earth or no earth on the roots? We have sent out thousands of tons 
of good soil on the roots of our evergreens and it is the most satisfactory department because there are the 
least losses. As usually handled, evergreens are the most risky class of nursery stock, and not enough of them 
have been planted. 
