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House & Garden 
WHAT YOU CAN 
DO IN DECEMBER 
A Personal Message 
from Henry Hic\s 
/ T'H E approach of 
X Christinas awakens 
memories that hark back to 
our tender years. Not for 
much fine gold would we 
part with these memories 
nor the picture we have of 
happy hours spent around 
our family Christmas tree, 
amid the warm glow of the 
Christmas spirit alive in the 
hearts of all humans on 
Christmas morning. 
A living tree, like a human 
being, develops character and 
associations that grow with the 
years. It always made us feel 
sad to think of folks burning 
the tree hallowed by Christmas 
associations. 
My father and grandfather 
were nurserymen. We had a 
living Christmas tree in our 
home each year. I want to tell 
you how you can have a living 
Christmas tree in _ your home, 
and what joy it will create in¬ 
creasingly, year after year. 
Evergreens are wide-awake all 
winter in our nursery and I will ship 
you one or more with ball of earth 
burlapped to the roots to protect in 
shipping and assist them in their 
growth after transplanting to their 
new home with you. A Douglas 
Spruce three feet nigh will cost you 
$3.00. One four feet high, three-foot 
spread, costs $5.00. Five feet high, 
three-foot spread, $8.00. Six to eight 
feet high, four-foot spread, $15.00. A 
Nikko Fir, pure dark green with spaces 
between the branches just right to 
hang the Christmas tree decorations 
on, is another choice evergreen for 
this purpose. One foot high, $1.75; 3 
feet high, $6.00; 5 feet high, $10.00. 
Pick out the size you want, send 
your check, and I will ship to you 
so as to reach you in time for Christ¬ 
mas. After the Christmas holidays 
are over, take the tree, tub and all, 
and plant it with due ceremony from 
the children there on the lawn where 
it will serve to remind them every 
day of the year of the Christmas 
spirit. Next year you can dig it up 
—tub and all—and bring it indoors 
for the Christmas season in each year 
thereafter. Its associations will in¬ 
crease and the “family Christmas 
tree” produce joy far beyond its cost. 
Just about now, you’ll be making 
plans for your gardens and grounds 
for this winter. You need a copy 
of my book “Home Landscapes”— 
commuter’s edition, to help you. I’ve 
just published a new edition with 
charming pastel illustrations in color 
of some of our fine Long Island gar¬ 
dens; Miss Mary Helen Carlisle is 
the artist, and she has true garden 
feeling in her work. Let me send 
you a copy. 
If you love a plant, you can make 
it live any time. 
(Signed) HENRY HICKS 
Some readers of House & Garden 
will be interested in purchasing a 
Christmas gift de luxe for their 
family. I have a wonderful fifty 
year old Hemlock Hedge for sale. It 
is equal to the Yew Hedges of Eng¬ 
lish gardens. Tt will thrive from 
Canada to Kentucky. Fourteen feet 
high, 600 feet long. I will sell it 
at $26.00 a foot. It will add dignity 
to the most stately country home. 
HICKS NURSERIES 
Westbury, Long Island 
New York 
Please mention House & Garden in 
writing. 
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AIR MOISTENER also 
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The tall slender stateliness of hardy 
Junipers adds greatly to the attractive¬ 
ness of this colonial doorway. 
Pair D ft. high, $10.00 
Send for 
“Book of Little Tree Farms” 
Beautifully illustrated. Containing 
new ideas of landscape decoration 
and just what you want to know 
about trees and shrubs—their plant¬ 
ing and care. Used as a reference 
work. Cover shown at right. 
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Choicest Evergreens suitable 
for Interior or Exterior decora¬ 
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The proper size for Pots, Tubs 
or Children’s Christmas Trees. 
The little Live Christmas Tree 
is a new idea—children as well 
as grown ups love to re-plant and 
watch them grow into sturdy, 
beautiful trees. The Christmas 
cheer is always there. 
OFFER NO. 1 
Selected pair White Spruces $5.00. 
Nature’s own Christmas Tree—hardy, 
beautiful, rugged and decorative. 
Height above two feet. 
OFFER NO. 2 
Selected pair Blue Spruces $10.00. 
One of the most beautiful and deco¬ 
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doors or Out. Height about three feet. 
An ideal gift. 
Prices do not include pots. Ever¬ 
greens are shipped crated with ball of 
earth about roots, securely wrapped 
with burlap. Prices are f. o. b. 
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remittance with order. 
A Iso send for 
Special Offer 
Bulletin No. 11, 
“Evergreens 
for 
Home Decoration” 
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The SAYO Steel Flower and Plant Box 
is an all year round garden assuring you 
thriving and beautiful flowers and plants 
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The SAVO Air Moistener is the 
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Also preserves fur¬ 
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paintings, plants, etc. 
Fill with water and 
hang on back of any 
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Floats over the 
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a ship rides the 
waves 
The Greatest Grass- 
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Cuts a Swath 86 
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Dreer’s 
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for 1922 
Eighty-Fourth Edition 
This book will be larger and 
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growing all kinds of Vege¬ 
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A large, handsomely illus¬ 
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newest and best Dahlias, 
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It will be ready in January 
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publication. 
Write to-day 
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