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Title: Trees for Long Island
Identifier: CAT31284655 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Hicks Nurseries (Westbury, Nassau County, N. Y. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: 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 Flowering Shrubs 23 PRIVET, Californian. No plant of recent introduction has come more rapidly and deservedly into public favor. Though mainly used for ornamental hedges, it is of great value for shrubberies. It is of very vigorous, upright growth, thriving finely in seaside as well as other un- favorable situations. Foliage dark, glossy and nearly ever- green ; unaffected by insects or blight; flowers in July ; white and fragrant, similar to the lilacs. Most of the Privet now on the market is grown by sticking down cuttings close together, which send up from two to five slender branches. The plant is usually chopped out with a spade, which cuts the roots closely. Planted in a hedge, they start to grow from the top, leaving the bottom thin, or nearly bare of leaves. In order to produce a fair hedge with such plants, a double row is often resorted to. Our plants are cut back several times a season^ caus- ing wide branching at the bottom, making them from to 2>i feet in width. They are transplanted at one year, wide apart, highly fertilized, cultivated in long fields, and dug with a tree-digger and eight horses. The result is fine, stocky, broad-based plants, with numerous fibrous roots, economically and well grown. These plants, if set five inches deeper and one foot or more apart, form a hedge solid at the bottom ; far bet- ter than a double row of the ordinary sort. Al- though Privet is easily grown, the numerous thin hedges seen are the result of poor plants, which take two years of cutting back and fertilizing to equal ours in its first year. See illustration, page 7. Californian, Tree-form. The Privet, trained up to a single stem and globular head, makes an excellent plant for tubs and urns in the formal garden. It is equally as good as the tender Bay Tree or Laurus nobilis, being hardy and costing only a fraction in comparison. Golden Variegated. A variety with yellow, pink and green foliage. Ibota. A Japanese sort, with dark shining foliage and showy panicles of pure white flowers. Branches long and graceful. As a flowering shrub this is far superior to the Californian. 5 feet. Ibota amurense (Amoor Privet). Upright and vigorous. Light green foliage ; showy white flower Roikes. 8 feet. QUINCE, Japan (Fire Bush, Pyrus Japomca). The thorny, shining stems and bright flowers make a brilliant display in April. Fine for shrubberies and hedges. Scarlet, Blush and White. RHODOTYPUS (White Kerria). A good shrub, blooming all summer, bearing flowers like syringa blossoms, followed by shining black seeds. 4 feet. SEA BUCKTHORN. An irregular shrub of silvery foliage, vigorous and tall; especially good for sea- shore planting. 6 to 8 feet. SIBERIAN PEA TREE. A choice shrub or small tree, bearing clusters of small yellow pea-shaped flowers along the branches in June. A pretty little tree.
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MAG NOLIA CONSPICUA. Large pure white lilj'-like flowers, 4 or 5 inches high, which are occasionally caught by late snow storms. It makes in time a small tree. SNOWBERRY (Waxberry). An old-fashioned, free-growing shrub, bearing small pink flowers, followed by large, showy, pure white berries, which cling late in the autumn. SNOWBALL. Large shrubs, bearing large balls of white flowers in June. Native kinds are excellent for quick-growing thickets, where shrub screens are needed. The newer sorts are fine for single specimens. Common (Guelder Rose). The favorite old-fash- ioned Snowball. Japan. For description, see under cut, page 24. SPIR3IA. The Spiraeas are fine shrubs, of easiest culture in all situations, and among them are found some of the most beautiful of hardy flower- ing shrubs. They present great diversity in form, color, and time of flowering. The following species are given in the order of blooming : Thunbergii. A distinct species of delicate beauty at all seasons. It has fluffy masses of small white flowers in April and May ; narrow, willowy leaves, turning bright orange and red in late autumn. Makes a fine low hedge. Bridal Wreath (S. prunifolia). Its long, slender branches, loaded in May with tiny double white flowers along their entire length, give a solid white effect. The small and glossy oval leaves form pleasing masses of dark green foliage in summer, and assume rich autumnal shades of red and orange. Van Houttei. For description, see under cut, p. 24. Reevesii var. flore plena. Large, round clusters of double white flowers gently curving the branches in June ; lanceolate leaves. Very choice.

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