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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y. 
This is how we trim our large trees to make them This is why our big- trees thrive. Smaller trees 
symmetrical. The poles measure height and spread. do not quickly overtake them. We dig under the 
You can get uniform matched trees for avenues. roots, dissect them out with picking bar and fork, and 
This is small leaf Linden 18049, 28 feet high, 9% deliver ten times as many roots as usual. You may 
inches in diameter, 14 feet spread. think them expensive but this is why. 
This bundle contains two Maples, 22 feet high, 5% inches in diameter, 10 feet spread of roots and top. Cost 
of bundle about $6.00. Weight about 600 lbs. Freight rate to New York, 14 cts. per 100 lbs.; Philadelphia, 
29 cts.; Pittsburgh, 52 cts.; Orange, N. J., 17 cts.; Albany, N. Y., 41 cts. 
You save ten years over the usual size nursery tree, 1% inches in diameter. 
