Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 221

pi 1 4 it I 1 its llv1 If l3i 1-oJ ft i-" i si Mi' '-nCM i Miff I i iiiilOiy AM "AAanyof Building in Sacramento were seedlings in' 1872 from S. Nolan's Belle View Nursery 33rd Street now intersects the ave tllit VIEW TELEGRAPH ROAD. 1 OaklanchAlwaysr-A Garden Paradise muni, iWv Via Mm 4 VW IK twm nue. But Olrich had an even bigger surprise for us. Most of the items on the bill of sale are still growing on the cap- itol grounds.

A few have fallen by the wayside due to changes in landscaping and street work, but those that remain are thriving -giants now at -least 93 years A copy of the bill of sale was sent us by W. N. Davis histor-ian of the California State Archives and secretary of the California Heritage -Preservation commission. He mailed the photostat at the suggestion of Attorney Walter C. Frame, now a Sacramento attorney but one-time resident of Oak-, land's Temescal district.

Frame is chairman of the Heritage Preservation Commission. i I 4 4 III i I IB Sdt4 iff it 4 a MONG the visiting thou-' yW sands touring the 33rd A--iA annual California Spring JL- Garden Show in Oakland: this week will be Jerry Olrich, state gardener, of Sacra mento, Olrich's visit won't be unusual in the least. He's been a visitor at this Oakland show almost from the very beginning. It was 37 years ago that he arrived in Sacramento from his native Montana, and went to work in the park that surrounds the State Capitol building. He's looking forward now to retirement this November We visited Olrich at his work in Sacramento this weejk to show him a bill of sale for many "of the foundation plants used in landscaping the capitol grounds in 1872.

The bill ofJsalelreyealsL that jmost.of the initial trees and shrubs planted at-thattime' came row Oakland They were sold by Stephen Nolan, proprietor of the Belle View Nursery on Telegraph Road, where S. Nolan's 1872 sales list 'was several pages long tAHERE are several hundred I items in the bill of sale, consequently we'll select but a few to illustrate the care these 93-year-old trees and shrubs have four of six Date Palms, and four of 12 Washington Fan Palms. Eight of 22 Camellia plants continue to delight park visitors, in-. eluding the Pink Perfection and. Purity.

A rather interesting and imposing scoreboard; but only a part Of 12 Cedrus Deodora tliere are eight of these redwoods in the order, and eight now tower skyward on both the north and south sides of the capitol building. Only one of two Araucara Bid-welli (Monkey Puzzle) trees now remain, and but twq of four Incense Cedars. There were three Lawson -Cypress trees and three-still stand (another-100 per cent score). Four of eight Arbpryitae remain; 10 still growing. There were four Guadalupe Cypresses, but only one emamsrOf 18 Italian Stone Pine of the trees stiff survivirigr Other plants sent out on that 1872 there are seven remaining.

The score improves with the Sequoia Sempervirens. There were Continued on Page 46.