It is reached by a picturesque stairway from the dining-porch 
and has an ample porch of its own next to the house. 
With the music of many waters, the scent of Orange and 
Jasmine, the cloistered effect of arbors along the sides, and as 
the shadows fall, the full moon peering softly over the giant 
Pepper and Eucalyptus trees, a summer evening seems like 
Paradise. The water from these fountains is all used 
for irrigation on the next terrace. The water from 
another fountain and pool on the second terrace drops through 
a dolphin's head with a gentle patter, and goes to a large oval 
pool in the third terrace, a wall fountain closing the procession, 
there being in all ten places on the grounds where water is 
seeking an outlet, including two bird fountains. The problem 
was to preserve on the third level the water that would not 
flow up hill again, and was too costly to waste. A cistern was 
dug at one corner of the lowest terrace, Avhich stores the over- 
flow from the pool for ten days. The top of the cistern is of 
reinforced concrete; on this a waterfall eight feet high with 
two basins was built. A one-half horse power electric pump, 
installed under a tool house adjacent lifts the water, one half 
of which forms the waterfall, running directly back to the 
cistern ; and the other half, by means of a split valve, goes to 
the pool fifty feet away, keeps it clean and free from algae and 
returns to the cistern by an underground pipe. When the 
cistern is full, a hose is attached to the outlet at the top of the 
waterfall and both gardens are thoroughly irrigated by 
gravity flow, so that no water is wasted. Best of all, with 
this abundant water there are no mosquitoes, and with the 
climate and the nation both dry, it is comforting to have a 
place where one can be as wet as he wishes without violating 
any law. 
Arthur Noble. 
Birds Occasionally we must apologize for our Pasadena Roses, 
IN A but our birds are always young and beautiful ! Eastern 
Pasadena visitors meet many familiar varieties, and also make many 
Garden ^^ew acquaintances. They are surprised to see a Humming- 
bird actually sitting down to preen his feathers in leisurely 
fashion; then, to dazzle his lady-love, suddenly taking a bee- 
line for the sky above, to return at once in an astonishing 
nose-dive. This is that gay deceiver, Ananias, husband of our 
Anna Hummingbird. There are many such around the 
blossoms of our Eucalyptus trees, some of them tame enough 
to come to a rose in one's hand. Our friends were once 
invited to a surprise which proved to be a "Coming-out 
Party" for two baby Annas, to whom they were introduced 
through a window over our kitchen sink. Another surprise 
comes when a large flock of tiny gray Bushtits, as if invoked 
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