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House & Garden 
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You Can Have Shade 
The ubiquitous golfer 
displays his hobby with 
a magnificent drive in 
perfect form from a 
tree-shaded tee 
WEATHER VANES 
(Continued from page 122) 
to be permanently serviceable the indi¬ 
cator should move in a brass bearing 
which will not rust. The weathervane 
should be painted black, as black gives 
it the best silhouette. 
The great field for decorative design 
is found in the upper indicator; here 
the architect’s or artist’s fancy can have 
full play so long as the design is so 
made and distributed on the top bar as 
to give perfect balance of weight which 
is necessary to its spinning easily on the 
supporting shaft. The seven examples 
shown here are only a few of the many 
fascinating and amusing designs now 
available. They can be chosen accord¬ 
ing to the building they are to grace. 
Each country hobbyist or type of 
sportsman can find the weather vane 
to suit his interest—golf for the golfer, 
a ship for the lover of ships, the but-' 
terfly design for the naturalist. 
Although it is considered bad taste 
to wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve, there 
is nothing in the books of etiquette 
forbidding the display of one’s hobby 
on one’s ridge-pole. From the wea¬ 
ther vane on the roof passersby can 
read what sort of man dwells in this 
house or that. 
This Summer 
Why wait ten or twelve years for a tree to grow when 
Hicks Time-Saving Trees are big enough and dense 
, enough to give shade right nozuf 
Hicks Time-Saving Trees may be planted in midsum¬ 
mer, in full leaf, and give real comfort now—not a decade 
hence. Motor truck and fast freight service will get Hicks 
Time-Saving Trees to you in short order. 
NORWAY MAPLES 
Height 
Diam. 
Each 
10 
18-22 ft. 
4 in. 
$15.00 
$125.00 
18-22 ft. 
4J^ in. 
25.00 
225.00 
18-22 ft. 
5 in. 
40.00 
350.00 
22-24 ft. 
6 in. 16 yr. 
50.00 
450.00 
24-26 ft. 
7 in. 
80.00 
750.00 
PIN OAK 
18-20 ft. 
4^2 in. 
35.00 
300.00 
18-20 ft. 
5 ill. 
60.00 
20-26 ft. 
6 in. 
75.00 
25-28 ft. 
7 in. 
100.00 
26-28 ft. 
8-9 in. 
150.00 
EUROPEAN LINDEN 
8 ft. 
2.00 
17.50 
10 ft. 
154 in. 
2.75 
25.00 
12 ft. 
2 in. 
3.50 
30.00 
14 ft. 
234 in. 
5.00 
45.00 
14 ft. 
3 in. 
12.00 
100.00 
16 ft. 
3K tn- 
20.00 
180.00 
16 ft. 
4 in. 
30.00 
275.00 
These are only a hint of what Hicks can furnish in Time-Saving 
Trees. Our new catalogue lists Oaks, Ginkgo, Beech, Tulip Tree, 
Hornbeam and other desirable shade trees for home grounds, 
street planting, parks and playgrounds. 
Home Landscapes 
i.s the Ir-test addition to the Hicks’ bcoks on home plantings. The text fairly 
glows with Mr Hick’s broad experience in planning and planting. Profusely 
'illustrated with lovely photographs and rich paintings of trees, shrubs, 
flowers, and landscape scenes. A copy will be mailed to you on request. 
HICKS NURSERIES 
Box H-9, Westbury, L. I., New York 
a lad chasing a butterfly 
The witch on her broom and the night’s last bat in full 
flight before the coming dawn indicate the direction of 
the wind. All seven designs are from Arthur H. Todhunter 
