210 
The Garden Magazine, December, 1920 
NOT AFRICA BUT CALIFORNIA! 
A cleverly created tropical scene not far distant from Universal 
City on a natural stage where the chief features are already set 
home! From the ranch of a star like Mr. Harry 
Carev of the Universal (located in San Francisquito 
Canyon an hour’s ride from the strange and inter- 
esting Universal City), where droves of splendid 
cattle range and life is truly “Western,” to the pic- 
turesque little flower-smothered bungalow of the 
less spectacular but very necessary electrician, prop- 
erty man, or wardrobe seamstress, these abodes run 
the gamut of home making possibilities; and each 
contributes that indefinable something of citizenship 
which only proprietary interest develops in man 
or woman. 
From all of this it would appear that we may 
look with ever growing anticipation to California 
for architectural and landscape accomplishment. 
JACK PERRIN PLAYING AT HOME 
Gardening is a favorite recreation among actor folk who 
find its restful activities an anodyne for taut nerves 
A GARDEN OF JAPANESQUE TYPE 
MUCH FAVORED ON THE 
WEST COAST 
Whose quietude and quaintness offer the 
owner, Madge Kennedy, a refuge for leisure 
hours many of which are spent here reading 
and writing. It is situated conveniently near 
the Goldwyn Studios (Culver City, Cali- 
fornia) 
For to dwell and to work out 
in the open in the midst of 
surroundings naturally beau- 
tiful and poetic, that are ma- 
nipulated to express the finest 
of both these arts, must as- 
suredly heighten and refine 
the perceptions and further 
the creation of beauty of every 
kind. 
The educational opportunity 
of the film folk in the matter 
of gardens is unlimited. Their 
“sets” put them in intimate 
contact with vivid bits of all 
the known world; the vegeta- 
tion of Australia, of India, of 
Brazil, of Japan, become part 
of their daily living. Famil- 
iarity with such a wide range 
of horticultural material and 
California’s hospitality to 
nearly all forms of plant life 
afford unprecedented garden- 
ing opportunities, which the 
“stars” and lesser “movie” 
lights have been quick to 
take advantage of, as their 
many gardens testify. Pos- 
sibly with such varied ma- 
terial out of which to build 
and such exceptional natural 
conditions, they may substan- 
tially aid in the development 
of a really distinctive type of 
American garden. 
