Home of a Noted Author in California 
MR. HOLDER BRINGING A TUNA TO GAFF 
covering it, is a magnificent Gold of Ophir rose, than 
which there is none more brilliantly beautiful. The 
north side of the house is covered byfuschias and 
asparagus fern, where there is also a bed with 
many varieties of ferns. Down the walk from the 
library door leads a rose arbor, covered with numer¬ 
ous climbing varieties, which is called the Rose Lane, 
from which, and other bushes aggregating nearly a 
hundred varieties, roses may be picked from Decem¬ 
ber to June by the bushel basketful every day. 
Palms of several varieties are in evidence on the 
lawn in front of the house and near the water 
hydrants grow great clusters of papyrus, which lend 
grace and beauty to the approach. 
This is the atmosphere and these the surroundings 
of the day dreamer, whose dreams are given to the 
world in the form of books; books that bristle with 
facts and fancies,—books that tell of the lives and 
works of great men of science,—books of Nature 
written by a man whom she has made familiar 
with many of her rarest treasures and beauties, and to 
whom she has confided many secrets of the life and 
habits of the denizens of the forests, the mountains 
and the waters of the world. 
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