HOUSE AND GARDEN 
256 
October,1910 j 
This is how we grow them, wide apart, and as perfectly cultivated as an Oregon, orchard. 
The first tree is No. 18174. It is 19 feet high, 12 feet spread and 5 inches in diameter. 
Trees for October Planting' 
I T is surprising — truly surprising — the number 
of people who hang on to the impression that 
the spring is the best time for tree and shrub 
planting. As a matter of fact the autumn is quite 
the most favorable for shipping and planting, be¬ 
cause the weather is not getting hotter and drier 
as the season advances. 
Then there is another reason — in the spring you 
are busiest, we are busiest, and that means delay 
—and delays in the spring are serious for trees, 
as the warm weather often dries out the roots and 
starts the tops to growing. 
Can’t you come right to our nursery some time 
soon and select the trees you ought to have? 
There is much satisfaction in doing it that way, 
and picking out just the trees you want. You 
know best the size and kind best suited to your 
needs. We have the trees in all sizes from 3 feet 
up to 30 feet. 
Our advice to you would be to plant large trees, 
by all means the large ones. You get immediate 
effects then — no long waiting for them to grow 
up. They, of course, do cost somewhat more to 
start with, but think what you .get for what you 
pay! 
We have several hundreds of the following 
large trees which we will dig for you tomorrow 
if you say so: Norway Maple, Silver and Scarlet 
Maples, American Lindens (beautiful specimens), 
Ash, Elm and Pin Oaks. We can ship them safely 
anywhere east of St. Louis and guarantee them to 
thrive. 
Perhaps you cannot arrange to come to the nur¬ 
sery, so let us send you our catalog, both of ever¬ 
greens and the deciduous trees, such as Maples, 
etc. These catalogs are arranged so that they not 
only show and tell you about the trees, but also 
illustrate the immediate effects they make possi¬ 
ble. You can then order direct from these cata¬ 
logs with the assistance of our illustrated price 
list. It makes ordering by mail unusually simple. 
We will give your order our best attention. If 
the trees we send you are not satisfactory we will 
make the matter right with you. 
Isaac HicKs and Son 
Westbury, Long; Island 
THE 
PERGOLA 
HARTMANTJ-vSANDERS COMPANY 
A very interesting pamphlet just issued by us on the Per¬ 
gola can be bad free on request. Ask for catalogue P-27. 
HARTMANN-SANDERS CO. 
Elston 6? Webster Avenues, Chicago, Ill. 
East, office, 1123 Broadway, New York City 
Exclusive Manufacturers of 
ROLL’S PATENT LOCK JOINT COLUMNS 
Suitable for Pergolas, porches and interior use. 
^^/e also publish catalogues P-29of sun-dial sand P-40 of wood column 
Th« Lift of the Open Country and 
Contact with Home 
RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL 
(4th YEAR) 
14 acres adjoining an estate of 300 acres; 
overlooking Van Cortlandt Park; within 
half a mile of the Northern Terminal of 
the Broadway Subway. 9 miles from 
72nd Street. Quickly reached. Boarding 
boys can earn privilege of spending Sun¬ 
day in their own homes. The boys work 
and play in the open country, well away 
from city streets, from morning until 
dusk. They are accompanied to and 
fro by a master. The trip is short, and 
is always opposite to the crowd. 
Substantial and successful preparation, 
individual when necessary, from primary 
to college. Thorough ground work. 
Day puplli, $350 and $450. Boarding pupils, $750 and $850 
Pcrional visits invited. Send for catalog 
FRANK S. HACKETT, Headmaster 
RIYEBDALE-on-Hudson NEW YORK CITY 
Telephone, 248 Klngsbridge 
make deductions after considering the 
conditions surrounding each particular 
case. 
The three conditions to be considered 
are location, soil and the character of the 
stock to be transplanted. 
In considering location we have one 
of the most important factors to deal with. 
It is safe to say that, in localities in alti¬ 
tudes above 1,000 feet, fall planting is not 
advisable where the position is also ex¬ 
posed to strong winds. This brings out 
one point, and that is that where a situa¬ 
tion is secluded conditions are just the re¬ 
verse of those generally governing the 
locality. 
As a general rule it may be safely 
stated that fall is the best season in which 
to attempt transplanting in localities south 
of the Mason and Dixon line. That is 
why the people in Louisville, Ky., and 
throughout Maryland and points south, 
do the greater part of their work at that 
time. Fall is always prolonged with 
them and spring advanced. 
However, you cannot stop at locality 
conditions in deciding whether it is ad¬ 
visable to plant in the fall. You must 
also consider soil. Where clay soil pre¬ 
dominates it is doubtful whether fall 
planting ever succeeds. This kind of soil 
is never conducive to growth, but it is at 
its worst in the autumn, when it is in all 
probability baked and dry and later will 
freeze and thaw alternately until the vi¬ 
tality of the plants is greatly impaired. 
Where the soil is loose and well drained, 
good results are pretty sure to come from 
fall transplanting. 
As regards the question of kind of 
plants I shall have more to say further 
on, but at present would like to speak of 
several things which tend to make the au¬ 
tumn the real period in which to move 
plants with every hope of success. 
As autumn approaches, plants are 
either spending the last of their strength 
in flower, as is the case of the annuals, 
or they are ripening their wood and stor¬ 
ing in their roots strength to make an¬ 
other show for the coming season. As 
this mature condition is reached it is nat¬ 
ural that transplanting would be far less 
of a drain on the plant than if attempted 
when it is in a growing condition. The 
ground is also in a very warm state and 
the plant, after being moved, at once be¬ 
gins to throw out its rootlets to become 
established in its new surroundings. 
Fall also finds the gardener with less 
rush work in hand, and he can give more 
care to the transplanting than when it is 
left until spring, to be squeezed in with 
the accumulated and important duties. 
It is also a known fact that plants set 
out in the autumn, when given good loca¬ 
tion and every care, break into bud in 
the spring showing little sign of having 
been moved. It is the best illustration of 
moving the plant when it least feels the 
check. 
Let me also point out right here one 
big advantage there is to be had from fall 
planting, which is not generally known. 
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