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ISAAC HICKS & SOH, WESTBUKY STATION , L. /. 
Evergreen Trees. 
Price, except where noted, 50 cents each. 
ARBOR-VITiE. Conical or pyramidal trees I 
or dwarfs, characterized by flattened I 
scale-like leaves and branches. 
American. Forms a conical solid tree 20 
to 40 feet high; excellent for clipped 
hedges. Set 2 to 3 feet apart. 
Prices, 2 to 3 feet, 25 cents each, $15 per 100; 
larger size, 30 to 50 cents each. 
The following are among the best va¬ 
rieties of the above species. 
Siberian. Superior to the American in 
having a brighter green winter color, 
more dense and slower growth. 25 to 
50 cents. 
Booth’s. Compact, dark green, globe- 
shaped and hardy. 30 to 50 cents. 
Pyramidal. A verdant column. Takes 
the place of the Irish Juniper, which is 
not always hardy. 
Vervaene’s. Marked with golden yellow 
stripes. 
Aurea. Bright and permanent golden hue. 
BIOTA elegantissima. Medium size, pyra¬ 
midal form, foliage tipped with yellow, 
changing to bronze brown in winter. $1. 
FIR. The Firs are remarkable for a per¬ 
fect and formal conical growth. 
Balsam. A rapidly growing cheap tree, | 
of very dark foliage; becomes ragged 
when old. 25 to 50 cents. 
Frazer’s. Similar to the above but of 
smaller growth. 
Cephalonian. Its rich green color, stiff 
erect habit of growth and peculiar 
sharp pointed leaves render it very at¬ 
tractive. $1 to $2. 
Nordmann’s. A rare and magnificent tree 
of fine symmetrial habit, clothed with a 
dense mass of shiny, dark foliage, con¬ 
sidered in this country and in Europe 
one of the finest Silver Firs. $1 to $2. 
Silver. Vigorous growth, rich foliage, 
silvery underneath. 
JUNIPER, Irish. A beautiful little ver¬ 
dant column. 
Swedish. Of broader growth, than the 
Irish and more hardy. 
HEMLOCK. This is the most graceful na¬ 
tive evergreen. Its delicate spray, airy 
outline, and deep verdure combine to 
make it a beautiful lawn tree and hedge 
plant. Set 8 feet apart for hedges. 
Price, 25 to 50 cents each. 
PINE, White. An eminent authority thus 
speaks of it: “We know of no hardy 
evergreen of the temperate zone that 
unites so many elements of beauty, 
picturesqueness and utility as this noble 
native of our own forests.” Grows 
well on sandy soil. 
Bhotan or Excelsa. Leaves long in plumes. 
A rapid growing, beautiful tree. 
Mngho. A dense, broad-spreading ever¬ 
green : valuable for small grounds and 
the winter garden. 
PINE, Austrian. A robust species; though 
formerly thought valuable, this and the 
Scotch Pine are not long lived on 
Long Island. 
RETIN0SP0RA. (Japan Cypress.) De¬ 
veloped by the Japanese gardeners into 
widely different forms and colors, they 
are the most important addition of re¬ 
cent years to ornamental horticulture. 
A group of these varieties on the lawn 
makes a charming winter garden scene 
(surprising to one whose conception of 
evergreens is confined to spruce and 
pine),and with theaddition of thedwarf 
pine, spruces and arbor-vitaes, with 
some shrubs conspicuous at that season, 
make, even on the smallest lawn, a 
beautiful feature. 50 cents to $1.50. 
Filifera. The ends of the shoots droop 
ing in long filaments. 
Viridis. Pyramidal growth of clear green, 
feathery foliage. 
Plumosa aurea. ' This is a most beautiful 
and valuable variety; its shoots are 
golden tinted throughout the year, and 
brightest in winter. 
Obtusa. Has very delicate dark foliage, 
beautiful in its disposition of lights and 
shadows; eventually a large tree. 
Obtusa nana. A cushion shaped little 
bush, becoming a dense flat tuft of 
glossy deep green spray. 
Lycopodoides. (Club-Moss retinospora.) 
Very curious dark foliage,like club-moss. 
Squarrosa. A dense growing variety of a 
conspicuous color — light blue-green. 
SPRUCE. A genus of most valuable ever¬ 
greens, mainly large trees. 
Norway. Spiry topped, pyramidal form, 
often graceful and drooping habit ; from 
its cheapness, hardiness, and quick 
growth, it has been more planted than 
any other evergreen. 
Conical and Gregory. Dwarf dense varie¬ 
ties of the Norway; the first symmet¬ 
rically conical; the second flattened. 
White. A native species of glaucous 
green color; though slightly slower in 
growth it is finer when old than the 
a verage N or way. 
Douglass. A large quick-growing tree, 
with light green foliage. 
Alcock’s. A large growing species from 
Japan; foliage conspicuous, from a 
whitish blue color underneath. $1. 
Oriental. A handsome tree, tall, compact 
and dark; hardy and 0 f moderate 
growth. $1. 
YEW. English. A bushy plant of compact 
growth and dark foliage, producing 
bright red berries in autumn; foliage 
browned here in severe winters. 
Erect. Pyramidal growth. 
Golden. Leaves touched with yellow. 
Blue John. A robust variety, with dark 
blue-green foliage. 
