HOUSE AND GARDEN 
344 
November, 1911 
Buy Hicks Shrubs Now 
This Ad. Tells You Why Planting Now Is Best 
There are four main and several minor reasons 
why Fall planting of shrubs is best. 
First: The ground gets settled around their 
roots so they start growing vigorously first thing 
next spring; and you know it is the long vigorous 
growths that arch gracefully and give the most 
beautiful effects. 
Second: Many of the shrubs either bloom or bud 
out so early in the spring that if planted after 
April 15th they are bruised or broken off, and al¬ 
though the growth starts a little later, «t is not so 
vigorous until mid-summer. This is particularly 
so of Forsythia, Pearl Bush, Lilacs, and Spireas. 
Third: Many of the shrubs are beautiful all winter 
and you might just as well be enjoying them during 
those dreary months. For instance, there is Red 
Twigged Dogwood, the bark of which is a glowing 
carmine. Japanese Barberry, with its brilliant red 
berries which stay on all winter, is unequaled for 
low mass effects or hedges. 
Fourth: Next spring you and everybody else will 
be too busy. You know how it has been every 
other year—almost impossible to get what you 
want done, when you wanted it done. Besides, 
now, while your needs of the past summer are 
fresh in your mind, is the best time to order. 
(There are a few things which we recom¬ 
mend to reserve until spring; Azalea, Mag¬ 
nolia, Beech, Lliquidambar or Sweet Gum, 
Tulip Tree and Rhododendron). 
That Privet Hedge you have long wanted 
might just as well be planted right now— 
it’s a simple straight ahead sort of a job 
that will only hold up other things if put 
otf till spring. 
A mass planting like this will take about 
50 shrubs and cost less than $20.00. We 
supplied them and they all thrived. 
Shrubbery, as you know, is the most eco¬ 
nomical quick way of massing the foundation 
of a house. In the picture above they have 
been allowed to grow a little too high, in¬ 
terfering with the breeze entering the win¬ 
dows. The taller Upright Honeysuckle and 
Syringa, at the back should be taken out and 
the Thunburger’s Barberry allowed to oc¬ 
cupy more space. The Rosa Rugosa should be 
cut down and allowed to grow up again, which 
makes it more dense. The stepping stones 
in the grass illustrate a good idea that should 
be more widely used. They cut up the lawn 
less than a path and the lawn mower runs 
over them, which insures neatness and eco¬ 
nomical maintenance. 
Don’t you want some especially fine Golden 
Bell, Upright Honeysuckle, Syringa, or Mock 
Orange, and Viburnum Dentatum? Or, have 
you spots where you have planned tn put 
Weigelia, snow ball bush, or sweet shrub, that 
old fashioned favorite with its unforgotten 
perfume? Hicks’ shrubs, like Hicks’ trees, are 
strong, sturdy, well developed stock that 
you can thoroughly depend upon. Depend¬ 
able shrubs from a dependable firm. 
Come to the Nursery and pick them out. 
If you cannot come, then send for price list; 
you will find the prices low. 
Send your order, and we will fill it care¬ 
fully and promptly with freshly dug stock. 
Now is also the time to plan winter tree 
work; such as moving bip evergreens ten to 
forty feet high. Have Hicks move them for 
you. 
Isaac Hicks & Son Westbury, Long Island 
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FALL PLANTING 
Horticultural Authorities now agree that Fall Planting 
is best for fruit and deciduous trees and shrubs. 
We have a full line of maples, poplars, flowering shrubs, 
fruit trees, etc., on which we will make very low prices. 
For Catalogue and Special Price List address 
WADLEY NURSERIES - - - - Bound Brook, New Jersey 
(Continued from page 342) 
Museum of Fine Arts, New York City, it 
was recently a pleasure to see the pink 
sugar bowl which matches this pink teapot. 
How fine they would look side-by-side! 
Last but not least comes the very fine 
china teapot in white with gilt spring dec¬ 
oration and charming outlines. A good 
contrast in its delicateness of tone with its 
gayer neighbors and a fine finis to the 
Baker's Dozen. Thirteen cherished pos¬ 
sessions ! “How did you get so many and 
such beauties!” is the exclamation of the 
beholders. Like Topsy, they “growed”; 
not in a night, for by day three friends 
have made “red-letter days,” each by 
bringing an offering of a teapot to add to 
my collection — long enriched by the Wash¬ 
ington’s Tomb and the pink Agricultural 
ones (two shrines for a score of years in 
my china cupboard). Others were bought 
from the shelves of antiquarians and were 
carried home by hand, riding in the cars 
with moments of fearful anxiety. These 
add beauty and grace to my lovely family 
of growing teapots. More are on the way 
and the next family group will contain a 
score—then twenty-five will be coveted, 
and who can say how many shall yet be 
numbered mine! 
Josephine Rice Creelman. 
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