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seen at the top of a two-story house, in good soil and proper 

 training. 



This climate can be readily understood by those who never 

 saw California, if they will bear in mind the great fact that 

 most of our wind is from the Pacific Ocean, which in this 

 latitude varies in temperature only two or three degrees the year 

 round. Hence, near the coast, July is only from twelve to fif- 

 teen degrees warmer than January. 



As the earth is warmed by the sun, the heated air rises and 

 <cooler air comes from the bay, so it never gets very hot. After 

 sundown, when the land is cool, a current comes from the east 

 to fill the vacuum on the water where it is warmer, and air rises 

 in accordance with a well-known law of nature. , 



The high mountains on the north and northeast prevent cold 

 winds from sweeping down upon us, which is another cause of 

 of our exemption from frost. These are the reasons, in a nut- 

 shell, why there is really summer the year round in Southern 

 California, near the coast, while snow may be seen on our high- 

 est mountains nearly all the year. It is not to be wondered at, 

 therefore, that it is the home of Flora, as w(ill as Pomona. 



But our Eastern friends must not think all these choice things 

 from even the trojiics, as well as semi-tropics, are had without 

 labor. Even the Garden of Eden had to be tended and carefully 

 cultivated; so here we must give them plenty of care, not only 

 cultivating and weeding, but what is most essential, the water- 

 ing during the many rainless months. Aftei* the winter rains 

 begin is when South California is most attractive and when 

 most visitors come to see her wonderful products, not only of 

 •choice fruits, but all the charms of our beautiful Flora that are 

 seen on every hand, both wild and cultivated. 



San Diego, Cal., Jan. 6, 1887. 



