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II 



from the water-stealing rays of the 

 sun. 



Australia is the driest of all the 

 continents; yet it has jilentv of 

 tiees. They never grow any more 

 leaves than they ahsohiteh need, 

 and lhe\' take the atidilion.il pre- 

 caution of tnining these leaves 

 edgewise so that those water thieves, 

 the sun rays, cannot fall direct upon 

 their broad surfaces. Australian 

 acacias go a step further still. 

 \A^hen they are I'uUy grown they 

 sued their leaves altogether; they 

 keep the leafstalk and i)roducelwo 

 tiny wings, which present their 

 edges to the sun. 



In spite of these various i)reca\i- 

 tions the amount of water which 

 growing plants pait with to the air 

 is almost beyond belief. A square 

 foot of long pasture grass gives off 

 nearly four and two-fifths i)iuts of 

 water every twentv-four hours in 

 dry weather. That is to say, there 

 rises into the air io6 tons of water 

 from each acre of meadow within 

 the summer day and night. 



One single cabbage has !)eeu 

 measured to give off two and oiie 

 half pints of water within a similar 

 period. As for the amount big 

 trees give off it is enormous A 

 sixty foot elm will have about seven 

 million leaves. If spread out these 

 would cover two hundred thousand 

 square feet, or five acres. From 

 these leaves there pass out into the 

 air wtthin a summer day over seven 

 tons of water in the form of vapor. 

 — Baltiiuore Sun. 



The dreaded asparagus rust, 

 which has done such great damage 

 to the asparagus fields in the East, 

 has been reported from .several dif- 

 ferent points in this State We be- 

 lieve it has not yet been definitely 

 settled that this is identical with the 

 Eastern plague, but it is a threaten- 

 ing danger, and has already give an 

 set-back to the industry here. Very 

 many farmers were figuring on go- 

 ing into asparagus growing on a 

 large scale to supply the Eastern de- 

 mand, and most of them will be de- 

 terred by the reported presence of 

 the rust here. 



TO THE 



Orcliardist and Farmer 



The bicycle offers a quick and 

 sure means of travel, and a mini- 

 mum ot effort — a maximum ot 

 speed — that's the result of riding 

 the Columbia bicycle. If you have 

 the Columbia bicycle, you also have 

 the satisfaction of knowing that 

 no one can own a better bicycle. 



The new Columbia bicycles are 

 the lightest road models ever 

 made, Imt no element of strength 

 has been sacrificed. Price, $40.00; 

 Harttord. next best, $35.00; Ve- 

 dette (the best for the price,) 

 $25 00. 



A complete stock always on hand 

 at the popular 



COLUMBIA CYCLERY 



F. M. IvKESLi.NG, Pruprielor 

 A. C. B.vNTA, Manager 

 S2-,S4 S. Second St. - Sa.v Jose 



Renting and Repairing 



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+ ill. 4l.t, 415 Sansome St. •'• 



■*■ San Francisco. Cal. '^' 



1" Seed Growers t 



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* FLOWER SEEDS J 

 + TREE SEEDS ^ 

 + ORNAMENTAL TREES * 



* SHADE TREES * 



FRUIT TREES 

 SMALL FRUlTri 

 CLOVER AND 

 GRASS SEEDS 

 AND EVERYTIIINli 

 FOR THE GARDEN 



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O'Brien's Candy Factory 



No. 30 South First Street, San Joae, Cal. 

 Spi-ciiil prices to cburclien tind sctioola. 



California Nurseries 



.lOMN KOCk. Manager 



Miles. Alameda Co.. California 



The California Nurseries has the larg- 

 est and most complete .stock and the 

 most desirable varieties of fruit and or- 

 namental trees, small fruits, vines, 

 shrubs and plants on the coast. All our 

 stock is true to name and guaranteed. 

 Seud for descriptive catalogue and price 

 list. 



Our nurseries are easily reached by the 

 bread gauge trains of the Southern Pac- 

 ific Company from Oakland, San Jose 

 and Tracy via Livermore, and will well 

 repay a visit by orchardisl and others. 



Red Star Laundry Co. inc. 



.Ml laundry work Guaranteed of the Finest Quality. 

 No rough edge collars 



iUain Office. 429 W. Santa Clara St. San jOt,e 



'fHOINE. n\f\lN GS>. 



SLUG SHOT 



kills Currant Worms. Potato Bugi, CahDafe 

 Worms and other insects that destroy ficwers. 



SOLD BY THE SEED DEALERS. 

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