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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1911 
This Avenue of Big Maples on Mr. 
Clarence Mackay’s Estate at Roslyn, 
L. I., are all Hicks’ Big Trees Moved 
Here from the Nursery 10 Years Ago 
We can duplicate it for you right now with Maples, Lindens, Pin Oaks, Catalpas that are 
25 to 35 feet high. Fine, shapely, sturdy trees, every one of them root pruned. We have 
2,000 of these big trees to choose from. Come and make your selections—one or 500. If 
you can’t come to the nursery, send for the catalog. Its special arrangement makes ordering 
by mail an easy matter. 
Hicks’ trees thrive, you take no risk. 
Isaac Hicks <&. Sons, We £! b ," ry ’ 
F LEAVENS COTTAGE FURNITURE! 
I T is far from our intention to create 
the impression that our stock is hign 
priced. It is, however, exclusive in 
design, and it is also true that we have 
had the patronage of the most discrimi¬ 
nating and particular people in all parts 
of the country. 
The reputation of our furniture has 
been built upon distinctive features, such 
as, the simple artistic lines of our de¬ 
signs, solid construction, and a variety 
of custom finishes. 
Our cottage furniture is especially 
adapted for both Shore or Country houses 
where a simple, harmonious and artistic 
effect is desired, conforming with the sur¬ 
roundings, and yet not sacrificing one’s 
comfort. 
Shipments are carefully crated, insur¬ 
ing safe delivery. 
Send tor comp’ete set No. 1 , of over 
200 dlustrations. 
WILLIAM LEAVENS & CO. 
MANUFACTURERS 
32 Canal Street - 1 - Boston, Mass. 
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runs, or covering old stumps, outbuildings 
and fences — it will lose its lower leaves 
exposing straggling stems for three feet 
above the roots, but to cover this defect 
we plant well-started climbing nasturtiums 
in May, which soon form a mass of green, 
with bright blossoms, near the ground. 
Another pretty effect results from the sow¬ 
ing of morning glories, which rival the 
wild cucumber in rapid growth, the bril- 
With the assistance of wire netting the cu¬ 
cumber vine climbs rapidly. 
liant cup blossoms blending well with the 
light green foliage of the sturdier and 
more densely leafed vine. 
M. H. O’C. 
Four Months of Strawberries 
E VERY one who grows strawberries 
has regretted the shortness of the 
season during which this most luscious 
fruit ripens. Three weeks are about the 
limit of produce of any ordinary sort, 
though by planting early and late varie¬ 
ties one can extend it to four weeks. But 
it looks now as if we would soon be able 
to extend the season to four months 
through the introduction of a new type of 
plant which produces blossoms through¬ 
out the summer. 
A few years ago a variety of strawber¬ 
ries called the Fan American was intro¬ 
duced to the trade. It was claimed to 
bear fruit throughout the summer and 
early autumn. The horticultural public 
was of course sceptical at first, but here 
and there a dealer tried it and was delight¬ 
ed to find the claims borne out by the ac¬ 
tions of the plant. So the plants were 
generally offered and other people bought 
them. Certain seedlings of this Pan 
American were also introduced, notably 
two sorts called America and Francis and 
these also proved productive through a 
long period. 
These strawberries have established 
their claims so well that fruit growers in 
Western New York were selling the fruit 
in the fall of 1910 in considerable quan¬ 
tity. The berries found a ready market 
at twenty-five cents a quart. Plants of 
these varieties are now so widely known 
and disseminated that they can be obtain¬ 
ed from many of the larger dealers in fruit 
trees and vines. C. M. W. 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
