PARK AND CEMETERY 
and Landscape Gardening. 
VOL. XIII CHICAGO, DECEMBER, 1903 No. 10 
The ParKs of Los Angeles, Cal 
The “City of the Angels” numbers twelve parks. 
All of them are well located and all fairly well kept. 
There are, however, a select number that are so lo- 
cated as to command unusually fine views of the sur- 
rounding foothills, mountains and other prominent 
features of the ideal section of California in which 
Los Angeles is situated. 
grown, but more of the Eucalyptus or Australian blue 
gum are propagated than any other tree. 
The view from the northwest part of the park em- 
braces the botanical gardens in the Chavez ravine, as 
well as the Eucalyptus plantations, and a mile-long ter- 
race of brilliant and richly perfumed roses. 
The drive from Fremont Gate to Mt. McKinley 
SCENES IN THE PARKS OF LOS ANGELES, CAL. 
Elysian Park, taken altogether, has the finest natu- 
ral features in respect to views, although closely fol- 
lowed by several others. Elysian is a part of the 
old Pueblo grant, and is located in the foothills to the 
northwest of Los Angeles, west of Buena Vista street. 
In area 632 acres, there is ample room for the large 
propagating houses, from which all the parks of the 
city are supplied with hardwooded plants. There are 
as many as 500 varieties of trees and shrubs annually 
brings to view East Los Angeles ; Bayle’s Heights ; 
the Hollenbeck Home and Hollenbeck Park, with vast 
orchards and hundreds of acres of green alfalfa, and 
the Los Angeles river, like a silver thread, winding 
through, and Mt. San Bernardino in the distance. Pas- 
adena, the “crown of the valley,” is seen against the 
foothills and Santa Monica and Long Beach with the 
dark blue waters of^the Pacific ocean beyond, complete 
the view of the beautiful Elysian valley. 
