TWELVE 



An 



Engineer- 

 ing Feat 



HE owner called 

 this an engineering 

 feat worthy of high 

 praise. For years 

 he had been look- 

 ing for trees to fit his ideal 

 about the house. Sturdy wide- 

 branched White Oaks, sixty feet 

 across and four feet in diameter, 

 would be ideal, but the science 

 of tree-moving is not yet ad- 

 vanced to prove this practical. 

 At last he found them right in 

 the neighborhood — thirty - five 

 rugged, picturesque old Locusts, 

 which lifted the sky line away 

 above the house, softening its 

 lines and nestling it among the 

 foliage and shadows. 



With our staff of one hun- 

 dred and sixty men, it was 

 practical to send out a crew of 

 twenty men for two months in 

 the spring season to do this work 

 with skill and certainty. The 

 photo shows the work as com- 

 pleted the first week in May, 

 the brick path, the turf and old 

 Boxwoods replaced, and the 

 place in readiness for occupancy. 



The largest of these trees 

 were 28 inches in diameter, 75 

 feet high, and 35 feet spread. 



Wheatlands, the estate of Mr. Edwin D, Morgan, Wheatley, L. I. This WOrk WaS SO SUCCCSsful 



we now have an order for forty more trees of the same size to be planted in the spring of 1910. 



Note the sketch of one of these trees on the tree-mover at the bottom of page 3. 



To indicate the efficiency and extent of our staff, at the same time five other crews of 

 trained men and expert foremen were out moving trees over 10 inches in diameter, and three 

 crews were planting trees 6 to 1 0 inches taken from our nurseries. All this was outside of our 

 regular nursery work, which occupies a force of about thirty-five men and foremen. 



No matter where you are located, we can move trees for you. Carfare and board for men and 

 freight on tools is all that it costs in addition to work done here. Certainty of the best results, the 

 skill and speed of operation, and knowledge of what trees not to move, are worth the additional cost. 



