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glass is so suspended that wlien the sand 

 is spent the glass automatically reverses 

 itself and another hour is being; told off. 

 (>)ncea!ed in the picturesque tower is 

 the massive machinery, weighing tons 

 and controlling the powerful steel shaft 

 that extends under the center of tlie 

 floral dial more than fifty feet distant. 

 The powerful machinery is so delicately 

 adjiisted that it measures off each second 

 of time with as much certainty as does 

 the most accurate shii)'s chronometer. 



Above the hour glass is suspended a 

 sweet toned bell, weigliing 5000 pounds, 

 on which the hour is announced. The 

 •soinid waves thus created penetrate to 

 the extreme ends of the grounds. 



With the first sound of the bell, the 

 massive and beautifully decorated doors 

 to the tower swing oi)en, and tlie mach- 

 inery that propels the great time piece 

 is exposed to the view of the public. In 

 one minute the doors are again closed, 

 and the vine covered liands continue 

 their never-ending journey, propelled by 

 a power as incapable of detection as the 

 power that causes tlie flower to unfold its 

 blossom at the hour appointed by nature 

 or llie force of gravity that causes the 

 hourglass to deplete itself in a given 

 space of tiine. 



The entire center of the face of the 

 mammoth floral clock, a space inside the 

 circle created by the numerals, and sev- 

 enty feet in diameter, is composed of 

 alteriiantliere, a foliage -plant whieh is 

 commonly known as ".Tosejib'sCoat, "be- 

 cause of its many colors. This plant 

 grows low and exceedingly dense, and 

 the mottled and brightly colored foliage 

 completely covers the ground, but will 

 never grow enough to be touched by the 

 hands as they pursue their never ending 

 course. 



I'^ncircling this iniiiLeii.se bed of alter- 

 nanthere, and separating it from tlie 

 lifteen-foot floral numerals that mark the 

 hour, is a narrow band of centaurea, an- 

 other foliage plant popularly known as 

 the "Dusty Miller." This species of 

 plant, a beautiful silver in a|)pearance, 

 grows a trifle higher tlian the alternan. 

 there. The band of "Dusty Miller" only 

 eight inches wide, separates the seventy 

 foot circular bed of alteriiantliere from 

 the twelve beds of the same plain that 

 surround the space on the dial allotted 

 to the large numerals. 



The hand'- of the clock are made of a 

 frame-work of steel, but woodiMi trouglis 

 filled with soil are provided, and in these 

 troughs myrtle, ivy and other creeping 

 green plants grow luxuriantly and coni- 

 (iletely conceal from view everything but 

 themselves. 



The crowning glory of the floral clock 

 is the group of twelve distinct plants that 

 begin unfolding their jietals with the 



morning-glory at peep of day, and as 

 each hour is registered a new plant be- 

 gins displaying its charms, wiiile the 

 bloom of the plant of the hour before 

 falls and dies, to be reincarnated twenty 

 four hours later. The circle surrounding 

 the numerals is :!00 feet in circumference 

 and the sections of hour flowers each oc- 

 cupy a space twenty-tive feet long and 

 eighteen feet deeji. The sections are 

 divided by narrow strips of foliage jilants 

 and each section thus retains its individ- 

 uality. 



Surrounding the twelve groups of 

 flowers that open their blossoms on the 

 approach of the liour hand of the beauti- 

 ful floral time register, and completing 

 tlie picture, is a circle of grass, six feet 

 wide, and as smooth as velvet. Tlie visi- 

 tor may walk arountl the clock on a 

 spacious granitoid promenade, but a 

 chain encircles the six-foot sward, and 

 the dreaded sign, "Keep Off the Grass," 

 is not in eviden e. 



The floral clock will be a.s attractive an 

 exhibit at night as it is in day. Among 

 the foliage of the hour numerals are 

 1000 incandescent electric lamps, not vis- 

 ible during the day, but after nightfall, 

 when the electric current is turned on, 

 the luyriads of lamps illuminate the en- 

 tire exhibit and make it as light as day, 

 and more beautiful. 



ECONOMICAL 

 COMFORT 



Santa l'"e daily 

 Overland Train.s carry 

 new and attractive 

 Tourist Sleeping Cars 

 to Kansas City and 

 Chicago. Personally 

 Conducted Monday.s, 

 Thursdays, Saturdays 



Santa Fe 



H. K. Ster.ne, Gen. Agt. 

 27 So First St., San Jose 



Brighton Ponltry Yards fH 



Barred Plymouth Rocks 



Winners of the Mayor's Silver Cup at the 

 Oakland Sliow, for the best ten birds. 



IRo^al Buff (locbin 



Superb cockerels for sale. 



Choice stock for sale at very reasonable 

 prices. 



A. J. SCHMITTGEN, 



530 Twelfth Street, Sacramento, Cal. 



J. J. BLACK, coDSLiiting Klectricai Engioecr Telephone Green 741 



Vendome Electric Co. 



ELECTRIC GOODS AND SUPPLIES 

 216 West Santa Clara St. - - San Jose, Cal. 



An old business in new quarters. 

 LEPESH 4 FORNI 



wholesale and Retail Cirocers — Removed to 113 

 W. Santa Clara St., Rea Bldg., .San Jose. 



Plans and . Specifications promptly attended to. Estimates given on Electrical 

 Wiring and Installations of Electric Light Plants and Motors. Medical Batteries, 

 Static Machines, and Dental Motors a specialty. Electric Elevators, Private Tele- 

 phone and Telegraph Lines. Fine Machine Work and Models for Patents. Bicycle 

 Repairing. 



Orcliafd Harness 



Made Specially tor Ofiiiard Work 



Buggy Harness, Orchard Muzzels, Robes, 



Blankets, Whips, Sweat Pads, 



I )ils, Dressings, etc. 



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36 S. 2nd St., San Jose. Phone Brown 231 



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and the Majestic Steel Ran^e are the Best on Earth 



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