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the high Sierras. One hundred and 

 fifty pack horses, twenty caretakers, 

 five cooks and several guides accom- 

 pany them. Fifteen miles are covered 

 in a day and at night they camp in 

 the open, using sleeping bags for 

 cots. 



The trip is not only a health pro- 

 ducer, but sensational, and highly edu- 

 cational as naturalists, geologists and 

 historians are among the travelers. 



The height of 12.000 feet has been 

 reached by the party and places 14,- 

 OW feet high have been seen. 



During his stay in California. Mr. 

 Elliott has delivered two lectures 

 before the Sierra Club. He will re- 

 turn to his home on Crescent ave- 

 nue in December. 



Asters are now showing fine form, 

 and are one of the most important 

 flowers on the market at present. The 

 chrysanthemum-flowered type is to be 

 had. besides a number of other good 

 varieties, so that the selection to 

 choose from, from big to little and for 

 all purposes, is both abundant and 

 excellent. Gladioli were never better. 

 Magnificent, lar.se flowered spikes, in 

 all colors, forms and markings. A vast 

 improvement on the old types common 

 only a few years ago. Roses are not 



so plentiful; but enough for the de- 

 mand. Of course there are no Beau- 

 ties to be seen around, as they are off 

 crop at present. Russells and Colum- 

 blas are very tine and the first cuts of 

 Pilgrim — the new one sent out this 

 season by .Montgomery — are arriving 

 and meet with much favor. It is a 

 beautiful, rich, bright pink in color, 

 and has long well formed buds that 

 are very attractive. The fragrance is 

 also very pronounced, and those who 

 have tried it say it is a splendid 

 keeper after being cut, as it takes 

 water freely. It looks as if this was a 

 good one. in all respects, both for the 

 grower and retailer. There are very 

 few carnations to be seen around; but 

 the asters take their place nicely — so 

 they are not so much missed. Bella- 

 donna is in good shape among the del- 

 phiniums, and there are a number of 

 the new hybrid type also coming — 

 some of them of dark and luscious 

 shades of blue and splendid form. 

 These meet with much popular ap- 

 proval. Dahlia are beginning to ap- 

 pear; but it is rather early yet for 

 them. Among the minor items in good 

 supply at present are cosmos, coreop- 

 sis, sweet sultan, and Zinnias. 



Friends of Rudolph Fischer in the 

 East will be very sorry to hear of the 

 fire which recently did a large amount 

 of damage to his plant in San Gabriel. 

 Cal. Mr. Fischer, as the trade well 

 knows, is the originator of the Freesias 

 Purity. Fischerii and splendens. all of 

 which have had a wide sale. It seems 

 that the fire started near the bulb shed 

 and after consuming the latter reached 

 the bam which was also wholly de- 

 stroyed. It then jumped to the green- 

 houses and burned four of them. There 

 were ten houses in all but six of them 

 were saved by herculean effort on the 

 part of the employees with the assist- 

 ance of neighbors. A great amount of 

 stock was lost, including freesia bulbs, 

 among them all the planting stock of 

 Purity for next season. In spite of 

 this loss. Mr. Fischer is to be con- 

 gratulated on the fact that he had two 

 good patches of Fischerii and splen- 

 dens left in the field. 



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 Ilnil AHKociation of America, will be 

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