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All orders for the following nursery stock will be filled and shipped by 
THE VALLANCE NURSERY 
81 Glen Avenue, Oakland, California 
0r Th^ Z very n ex S teLfve% r e t ed e business of our firm, and its constantly increasing development necessitates our giving 
B J£s ou 'undS attention? The Nursery has therefore been separated from the other departments and sold to 
-The Vallance Nursery," who will use and operate our Nursery and Sales Yards at 81 Glen Avenue, Oakland Ca 
We still solicit business for plants and trees, and under a contract arrangement "The Vallance Nursery will nil 
"■"cMh 1 must °acc1) r mp»ny S an e ora«rB and should be sent simply to C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco, Cal. 
GREENHOUSES and SALES YARD are situated on GLEN AVENUE, off Piedmont Avenue OAKLAND CAL Visit- 
ors from San Francisco can reach there by taking the new Key Route Ferry (foot of Market Street) to PIEDMONT 
STATION; those from Oakland, by taking the Piedmont Avenue cars on Broadway to Glen Avenue. NURSEKY 
TELEPHONE, PIEDMONT 80. . , 
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 be 
no unnecessary delay in shipping. . , .,, . i , . 
Prices quoted herein are f. o. b. cars, Nurseries, and cancel all previous quotations. As usual, 5 will be furnished at 
10 rates; 50 at 100 rates; 500 at 1 000 rates. 
CLAIMS. Should any errors occur we desire to be informed upon receipt of goods, in order that we may rectify 
them without delay. 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. 
PACKING. Sufficient money should be added to remittance to cover cost of boxing, etc. Say 10 per cent of purchase. 
SUBSTITUTION. Where particular 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 in 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 only such 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 grow. 
We do guarantee, however, that all Nursery stock will be in good, live and healthy condition upon departure from the 
Nursery. 
Landscape and Orchard Department. We will be pleased to supply plans for gardens, and we will also give advice to 
those who contemplate planting orchards. Twenty-five years' experience in this State in both departments enables 
us to do this. 
Parcel Poet. We advise customers not to order their plants by parcel post, unless absolutely necessary. Express rnteg 
are quite reasonable and shipments going: in this manner arrive in better condition than by parcel poBt. However, 
if you are too far from express office we can send by parcel post; postage will have to be added. 
THE ROSE 
PL AM TING 
December, January, February and March are the best months, but should the season be favorable, and with a little extra care, you can 
still plant during the early part of April. The plants sent during those months are what we call dormant two-year-old plants, and average 
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 mess. 
Should the purchaser be unable to plant them immediately, they will take no harm to remain in the packing for a few days, or they 
can be opened up and "heeled" in the ground until ready to set out. The bushes sent out are already pruned. Our plants are budded 
on the Manetti stocks; by so doing we can get a strong root for the rose; our "stocks" are always disbudded, but it sometimes happens 
that a sucker grow from the root; planters should be careful to keep all suckers (if any), from BELOW the bud, cut away, otherwise 
the slock 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 that il 
ought to be well decayed. Under no circumstances use FRESH or new manure. After the hole is about three-quarters filled with soil, give 
some water to settle the earth around the roots; then put the remaining soil into the hole. This is usually enough water to give during \ lie 
winter, provided we have not a long, dry period; in that case the plants should get another watering at regular intervals They will com 
mence to bloom the first season after planting, in May and June, and if properly treated, will give an abundance of flowers the first sea- 
son After the blooms are past, we advise you to cut the old flowers off; this treatment induces them to make new growth, from which you 
will obtain your next crop. To aid them at that time, keep them freely watered, and by so doing you can have flowers away into December, 
BOIES IK POTS 
We grow the leading varieties of roses in pots, so that if any of our customers arc unable to 
months, they can purchase potted plants that can be set out at any time. 
get th 
planting done during th 
« dor 
FRUITING 
mporlant point are now necessary. This should be done during the r 
t condition The "Teas," or Ever-blooming Varieties, require to be 
ngest growers. Cut back to about six or seven inches from the old wood, th 
. _,- ., *. according to size of plant; apply the same method that the orchardist do. 
ght. the idea 18 not to leave loo much wood on the plant. If vou follow this method 
ill have a plethora of small blooms. 
0 I hem as the TEAS, 
making SO much wood 
A few re 
the bushes . 
they are th 
fiv. 
nth 
you fail in pruning and th .... 
THE HYBRID TEAS should have almost as much 'pruning do 
HYBRID PERPETUAL sorts, unl being such strong growers 1 
pruning. 
NOISETTE or CH A MPNEY varieties being all climbers •.,-,<! 
objects. They should, however, be periodically* iftim 
» should be pruned according to the growth the 
equsre Jutle pruning, as they usually' make only 
you 
of January and February; at that time 
everely pruned than any other son. as 
out all weak wood and leaving about 
his fruit trees, and you will be about 
11 have large roses with long stems. If 
preceding, do 
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gr 
BOURBON 
MOSS ROSES 
it require 
their du 
made, 
shoots 
Just cut back to keep the plants in shape. 
