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Title: Trees for Long Island
Identifier: CAT31285540 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Hicks Nurseries (Westbury, Nassau County, N. Y. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) Westbury (Nassau County) Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Westbury (Nassau County) Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs
Publisher: Westbury Station, N. Y. : Westbury Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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•yyESTBURY NURSERIES Deciduous Trees 13 THORN, Double Pink. Similar to the Scarlet, with flowers bright pink. Double White. With the above it forms an orna- ment fit for any lawn. Cockspur (Cratczgus cries-galli). A horizontally- branched tree, extending its lower limbs widely along the ground. The foliage is thick and glossy, and it bears abundant red berries. Scarlet-fruited (C. cocchiea). Has white flowers in May, and scarlet fruit in September. Long'-thorned (C. coccinea var. macrocayilha). This variety is distinguished by its curved spines, 4 inches in length. Not previously cultivated. Punctata (C. punctata). The last four are native species. They look well on a hillside or rough bank, grouped with cedars and bayberry. WALNUT. Valuable large trees. Black. A tree of immense size, with broad top. Large nuts ; wood dark brown. Butternut (White Walnut). A smaller tree than the Black Walnut. Nuts excellent. Bngclish (Madeira Nut, or Persian Walnut). Although sometimes killed at the tops when young by our winters, it makes a handsome tree. The nuts are well known. WILLOW. A large and varied class of trees adapted to lawns, for shade and quick screens, and for waterside planting. They are adapted to a great variety of soils, some sorts luxuriating even amid the salt spray of sea coasts. The ease with which they can be transplanted, and the brief time they require to form good sized trees, are other argu- ments in their favor. The bright bark and twigs of some Willows are beautiful in winter. Babylonian Weeping, der cut, page 14. For description, see un- Salamon's Weeping. ment on the last, 01 which it is a variety This is a marked improve- It grows tall and upright, and the ends of the current year's twigs arch downward. It is not a mournful tree, but bright and cheerful, with its graceful, waving spray.
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A YOUNG PIN OAK. The best and most popular species for general planting. It differs from other Oaks in form, being sharply ovate, with the lowei branches reachingtoward the ground at a uniform angle, which distinguishes ir as far as it can he seen. The foliage is dense, finely divided. of a beautiful shining green. For avenue planting it is unsurpassed. It does well on both dry and wet ground. We have in the nursery trees 15 to 20 feet high, 4 to S inches in diameter, with S to 10 feet spread of branches, that were transplanted in 1896 and 1S97. Can also furnish trees on the tree-movers, low-branched, symmetrical trees so feet high, 2oinche3in diameter, with 35 feet spread of top androots. EUGENIE POPLAR. A variety of slightly wider form than the Lombardy, and, like it, useful for breaking the monotony of rounded or even sky-lines in groups of trees. It grows rapidly into the distinct spire-like form shown above, its smooth shaft overtopping other trees with a sentinel-like air. The leaves are small, glossy, and a fine, peculiar tint of clear, sun-lit green. The tree is clean and healthy in growth. The above en- graving shows a variety of Eugenie Poplar at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.

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