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furserj) departments 
All orders for the following nursery stock will be filled and shipped by 
THE VALLANCE NURSERY 
81 Glen Avenue, Oakland, California 
Y, al l^ nce Nu rsery represents Mr. John Vallanee and Mr. James Vallance, both of whom have been associate 
with c. c. Morse & Co. for a number of years, and who have had the management of their Nursery Department since it* 
organization as a department. m 
The ver - 
Seeds our 
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and ship all orders for same. 
Cash must accompany all orders and should be sent simply to C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco, Cal. 
GREENHOUSES and SALESYARD are situated on GLEN AVENUE, off Piedmont Avenue, OAKLAND, CAL Visit 
S^A^?^T Sa ^ Fran S isco S an reach there by taking th e new Key Route Ferry (foot of Market Street) to PIEDMONT 
ir^uA^°^T^^\^ ] ' i }^ na - by tains' the Piedmont Avenue cars on Proadway to Glen Avenue. NURSERY 
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ORDERS. Customers will please remember that when the busy season commences the Nursery is rushed with 
orders, and it may be a few days before their orders can receive attention; but they may rest assured* that there will bp 
no unnecessary delay m shipping. ' c 
locates - q 50 l at lOO^atelr 500' at 1000 rates 6 " 655 ' cancel a11 P revious Quotations. As usual, 5 will be furnished at 
CLAIMS. Should any 'errors occur we desire to be informed upon receipt of goods, in order that we may rectify 
tnexia without < de lay. All claims must be filed within ten days after the arrival of the shipments. 
C. C. MORSE & CO. give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, purity, productiveness, or any other matter 
of any seeds, plants or trees they send out, and will be in no way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not 
accept the goods on these terms they are at once to be returned. 
I'^^^V^^^cient money should be added to remittance to cover cost of boxing, etc. Say 10 per cent of purchase 
^ ,1, I ?, J^? 1 " 6 P ar ticular varieties are ordered, and particular ages and sizes of trees, kinds of stock etc' 
it should be stated whether and to what extent substitution will be allowed in case the order cannot be filled to the letter 
Where no instructions m this respect accompany the order, we shall feel at liberty to substitute other varieties as 
nearly similar as possible. If the selection of varieties is left entirely to us we shall endeavor to send onlv sucli sorts 
as are acknowledged to give general satisfaction. 
GUARANTEE. We do not guarantee stock to live, nor will we replace free of cost that which dies or fails to stow 
Nifrsery Ual " an nowever ' that all Nursery stock will be in good, live and healthy condition upon departure from the 
landscape and Orchard Department. We will be pleased to supply plans for gardens, and we will also give advice to 
usto do this 6 Planting orchards. Twenty-five years' experience in this State in both departments enables 
Parcel Post. We advise customers not to order their plants by parcel post, unless absolutely necessary. Express rates 
are quite reasonable and shipments ffoing- in this manner arrive in better condition than by parcel post However, 
if you are too far from express office we can send by parcel post; postage will have to be added 
THE ROSE 
PLANTING 
December January, February and March are the best month-.,, but should the season be favorable, and with a little extra care, you 
Trn JnZ . Yf f W * T ^ pl ^ S , Sent C } Ur ' mg ^ m0,lt1 ^ are w!,at we ca " do '-'" alU two-year-old plants, and 
from one and a half to two and a half feet in height and are taken up without soil around the roots, and are packed in damp , 
Should the purchaser be unab e to plant them immediately, they will take no harm to remain in the packing for a few days or 
can be opened up and heeled' in the ground until ready to set out. The bushes sent out are already pruned Our plants are bu 
?h\t » ?l a ^ eUl S V y ,f \ S If gC , a ,5 tr ? Dg ro0 } , f0r the roSe; our " stock s" are always disbudded, but it sometimes hap 
that a sucker grow from the roof planters should be careful to keep all suckers (if any), from BELOW the bud cut away olha 
the stock outgrows the rosebud itself. ■ 
Roses give the best results when planted in good, heavy soil, to which may be added some good old stable manure but remember tl 
ought to be well decayed. Under no circumstances use FRESH or new manure. After the hole is about thi 
some water to settle the earth around the roots; then put the remaining soil into the hole. This 
, provided we have not a long, dry period; in that case the plant, 
to bloom the first season after planting, in May and Tune, and if i 
son. After the blooms are past, we advise you to cut the old flowers off- th 
will obtain your next crop. To aid them at that time, keep them freely watered, 
ROSES IN POTS 
varieties of roses in pots, so that if any of our custome 
Id get 
operly t 
nother 
■ated. 
t indu 
is usually ei 
atering at regular inter 
:e-quarters filled with t 
ugh water to give dur 
ill g 
abund, 
make 
hav ( 
They will c< 
•i flowers the first s 
lew growth, from which ) 
flowers away into Decern! 
We grow the leadii 
onths, they can purchase potted plants that 
be set out at any time. 
PRUNING 
ecessary. This should be do 
liable to get their planting done du 
"Teas," 
about six 
r-blooming Varieties, 
ry; at that 
y other soi l 
during the months of January and Feb 
, . ^quire to be more severely pruned than 
_ seven inches from the old wood, thinning out all weak wood and jeavins 
ze of plant; apply the same method that the orchardist does to his fruit trees, and you will be 
not to leave too much wood on the plant. If you follow this method you will have large roses with I, 
out, you will have a plethora of small blooms. 
A few remarks on this important point ; 
the bushes are in a dormant condition. Th 
they are the strongest growers. Cut back 
five or six shoots, according to 
right. The idea is not to 
you fail in pruning and th 
™E HYBRID TEAS should have almost as muoh 'pruning done" to them as the TEAS. 
HYBRID PERPETUAL sorts, not being such strong growers nor making so much wood as 
■ °F CHAMPNEY varieties being all climbers, and strong, rampant growers, arc 
_certain objects They should, however, be periodically thinned out 
should be pruned according to the growth they have made. 
pruning, as they usually make only a few shoots in a season. Just 
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ng ste 
the preceding, 
not usually pru 
ot requ 
BOURBON sorts 
MOSS ROSES 
cut back to keep the plants 
shape. 
