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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURIST. 
\ OL. Ill 
LOS \ NO ELKS, r\l., M'OIST, I 
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RIVERSIDE HOMES. 
XE feature of country life in Califor¬ 
nia which is sure to impress strnn 
(;cvh front the Middle nn<l Northern Staten 
unfavorably is the unuoinfortahle looking 
habitations which me occupied by our 
fanning population. Contrasted with the 
mat, roomy and collifurtnble residencies 
seen in the fort tit* volleys of the Bast, 
a California farm house is decidedly at a 
dis/idvantago. Our rlminle, with throe 
hundred and fifty days of sunshine « very 
year, renders an expoimive Innnc almost 
unnecessary, and we have vei n cultured 
fumilies in Southern California dwelling 
ill shunties through which daylight, from 
mnuy ovack« and crevices in tuo walla, 
(dreamed through, and which would harrlly 
be considered til for woodsheds in tin* East¬ 
ern Slates. 
Hut most of one town-, mid settlements 
are improving in this respect, and many ol 
our fruit growers and farmers boast of 
ns delightful and aubstaulinl residences as j 
can Ire found anywhere This is especially 
the case in Riverside, which in some 
respects strongly resembles some of the 
beautiful suburban towns m the neighbor¬ 
hood of New York City. Nearly even 
house is surrounded with a thuflv-l,inking 
semi-tropical orchard, with aecidilous 
trees, vineyards and flower gardens in 
close proximity. Mn-i residences ate 
built of wood with an occasional adobe 
building, which, afte r nil, is perhaps beat 
adapted to our cliDUtl*. They are cool in I 
hu tamer, warm in winter, and Bomewlmt 
less es i lenitive than frame struct uri «, The 
astonishingly rapid growth of regulation! 
in the colony is attested on every halld! 
and highly improved places Spring into 
existence in a remarkably short time. 
Wo should like to go into details and 
describe every place In the antllenient,| 
and think that such a description would | 
not prove uuinter. -ling, but shall Content 
ourselves, m this is*ne, with meutinning a ( 
few which vve had the opportunity of 
thoroughly examining 
Mr. S. Evens, tin President of tie 
Kmiside Land and Irrigating I'oinpauy, 
has -I delightful ii xiiliiiiee on Vrliiirton 1 
avenue, m Arlingfou Mptllcjin-nt It i. 
highly unproved, planted with omugfl,! 
lemon, lime and deciduous trees uni in a 
lew years will become one of tin most, 
attractive homes in Hoiilbem t'aiifnrnia 
Mi Evens i- an enterprising gcnUeman 
and, mostly through Ins energy and pm 
Mi TI. J. Rudiaill, ono of the directors ' 1, 11 Burnham hfts 10 i 
of tin eimipsnv. has also an exceedingly | nursery '-lock, and 
fine tract, Mitiliited on Vtliiiglon avenue, lemon trees, 
ft. contains sixty iturew, with 1 . 61)0 young ( V ( rosin , a ■enll. ■ e.n 
orange lives, J ,250 lentous, 260 limes, and lust lot in flu- Arlington i o l 
2,000 vines. Air. Undibill is an affable| with Riveiside and i- busy 
gentleman, well informed, and a film 
believer in the future of Riverside, 
Mr ■! H Benedict, u former resident 
of Now York, Ims a beautiful residence 
nearly opposite that of Mr. Evens. It 
occupies one of the best locations in 
the settlement, 
Mrs. I.e (I mud LoeUwood. formerly of 
Soiilli Norwalk, Coidi., has a promising 
young orange orchard containing over 
4,0(10 trees. She has a lemon orchard of 
Hill trees. Her place contains fifly- 
eighl acres, pleasantly located. 
Mr. AY. I! Ghnffcy has a thrifty-look¬ 
ing tract of til acres, with 2,1)1111 orange 
trees, 1,31 HI apricots, uinl 1,100 vines. 
Ur. Jarvis has charge of several places, 
besides hL own, and. judging by his own 
place lie Lakes care of them well and will 
presold the owners with delightful homes 
in a few years. He owns himself 
1*20 acres, with I,SOI) orange, 1,800 
vines, and n largo variety of deciduous 
limn. 
P. Twogood lias 25 acres, with 
60ii Iciuou trees, ISO lime trees, and a 
huge orange orchard and vineyard. His 
raisin-, took the premium at Did last fair. 
V J. Twogood 1ms a well advanced 
place of 40 acres, With an abundance of 
bearing trees and vines. Orange trees, 
1.000; Union trees, 200; and a general 
Variety of other trees. 
'1' W Cover, a genial and successful 
. enlleman, has 20U ncre-g lyiuo orange 
tret sand 1,20(1 Icinim trees. 
11. At Streeter, who represent. 1 Sufi 
Mernardiiio cmmty iu the last lieiii.slat.uru, 'I'm W-m.nY I'un. to h. Id 
and his eoiislitni.'uts ary he did I, is work York I'll' in l*8.'t in . i lelv , 
wi II, has Kil m res in wlmt is known us the hundredth > in of - . 1 
(lovunmont Tract AVIhui the title, eiiei, is an already u-oind -or 
w hidl is di-pilteil by I Im railroad, is . i-llli d, lliurrtur 
lie will make • -,ten.-iro impioveiuoiil* i 4'« ntial 
has the 
clightod 
ork im¬ 
proving his place. He boa built a two- 
story adobe house, which is one of the 
in,,..i i .ir.ii.it .id. ui ii,- - lib ,n. and 
look* very'Uibstaulinl H» owns 2" aero* 
planted with 1.076 lemon t r« • -. vim 
tlin deciduous trees, and a lu ge uuml • r 
of or align I roe*. 
Slmgnrt A Waite have 21 aer-- 1,600 
orange trees, 500 lemon trees. liHl lime 
trees, and 1,100 vinca. Mr Wait* has 
charge and is an experienced liorticql- 
turivt. The place looks finely. 
tied D. ('arletoii his 26 o r, s, l.tMMl 
orange trees, mid 1,800 vines His iiu-un 
crop yields him a large inoeuxn . 
Li. Li Kcssonden, from Rle-de Islao 1, 
has 5 acres. 150 orange trees, nod a 
variety of deciduous and oy. omental 
trees. 
E, Caldwell lias 20 acres, 1,350 orange 
trees, IMII deciduous tree- nrnl N't* leru-u. 
trees, all looking well. 
Judge Brow u, a gentleman from New 
York, has a flue place about n mile fr.ua 
the business center. He bus an . rang- 
orchard, 1,500 lemon trees, and d<»0 lime 
lives, 
The above description of Kinr'iJr 
homes gives only n few that we had an 
opportunity to visit, In anothci article 
we shall dwell more fully on the utetbods 
of cultivation and irrigation pi-mid in 
the colon*, and why n colony like River 
side eftu be . hucci -sfully carrii -l on when 
individual ellorU* sometime- fail. 
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present proupe i ity. 
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Mi \ l» IIttighf, also on llie Govern H-utliem < ,bl 
luaiit 1 raid, lias IOhci'i.s IIIiO orange trei «, the two comini 
d.'iU ftlinnml lie, i, nil.I JH0 1, inon tf ea should go to W , 
Mis \ I. I ! • -1inn 11 lias a beautiful , get r< »■ I> to n 
tiiiey aid which will yield her a handsome T>nnuctiii..n will 
income. Hor s, nn-( ropirnl and ,le,iidtiou *’alif> 
lieea are doing well. 
I lev. M V Wright lias 20 acres im 
proved, about 75 orange trees, and Often « 
in vines. 
I tiouwav, one of the h gul fuller 
nily, baa 6 acres, M*tl orange tie 
louiou trees, Alld OUU liiuea. 
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