THE GARDEN BOOK OF CALIFORNIA 



found — in every case an otherwise beautiful garden may be 

 made doubly charming by adding birds to its attractions. 

 There is the dear little cottage on Holt Avenue, in Pomona, 

 where two delightful women have made a home for their 

 bird friends — as near heaven as possible — by erecting a cosy 

 little aviary up on the roof-top, just where the dormer-win- 

 dow would otherwise have been. Bird songs overhead the 

 livelong day in that home! 



Then there is the utilization of a basement corner in a 

 fine city residence. How the birdies do enjoy their foun- 

 tain, and how very charming to the family in the dining- 

 room above must be the songs of the feathered orchestra in 

 the basement below! 



The largest and most completely equipped and stocked 

 aviary in California, and it is said by some authorities in the 

 whole United States, is to be found in San Diego at the 

 home of Mr. J. W. Sefton. 



The Sefton home, on the corner of Sixth and Laurel 

 Streets, is a handsome residence with a setting of shrub- 

 beries, vines and flowers that would make it one of the 

 "show places" of the city in any event, but with the added 

 charm of the great aviary that occupies a large portion of 

 the grounds in the rear of the residence, it is indeed a most 

 popular spot for all lovers of the beautiful, and since Mr. 

 Sefton has generously thrown open the grounds to the public 

 on three days of each week, the delight is one shared by 

 thousands of people every month of the year. 



In the aviary are over seven hundred birds living alto- 

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