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Holder, of Pasadena, and the 
Bnrrage home in Redlands. The 
Pasadena place stands on two 
streets, the front of three hun¬ 
dred feet being on a broad ave¬ 
nue, a perfect lawn extending its 
entire length and back over one 
hundred feet, where is the gar¬ 
den, a mass of bloom, forming a 
splendid frame for the picture. 
The only trees on the lawn are 
giant Canary Island palms, in 
front of the house, and a few 
trees near the garden. From the 
house nearly all the winter-bear¬ 
ing flowers in Southern Califor¬ 
nia are seen. At times the display 
of stocks is marvelous, forming a 
charming background for the lawn. This place is a striking ex¬ 
ample of the value of artistic setting. The house is not preten¬ 
tious, but is an excellent type of the Mission style. To the south 
extends a patio, 
which is now 
covered with the 
g r e a t Bermuda 
b o u g a n v illia, 
which forms an 
artistic mass of 
color against the 
delicate salmon 
tint of the stucco. 
One cannot but 
notice the en¬ 
trances to some 
of the suburban 
places: masses of 
Lawson pinks or 
carnations backed 
various deceptions. The average 
reader who has never crossed the 
divide or visited California might 
very naturally arrive at the con¬ 
clusion that, as palms, bananas 
and similar trees grow in Cuba 
a n d other tropical countries, 
Southern California, consequent¬ 
ly, is in the Tropics. Every win¬ 
ter certain tourists arrive in Los 
Angeles equipped with ward¬ 
robes—white flannels and mus¬ 
lins—adapted for a tropical sea¬ 
son, and such people are amazed 
to find Southern Californians 
dressed as they would in winter 
in the East, minus furs. In fact, 
the vegetation is tropical, but the 
winter nights are cool, the temperature often being as low as 
40" or 50°, with occasional frosts; the tropical verdure is there¬ 
fore very deceptive. The Southern California winter is a revel 
of flowers, but it 
is cool and brac¬ 
ing, with no sus¬ 
picion of the 
tropics, nor is the 
so-called rainy 
season a “sea¬ 
son," as the en¬ 
tire annual rain¬ 
fall of Southern 
Califo rnia is just 
half that of New 
York. So there 
are few ponds, 
bogs or swamps 
except along the 
ocean,and no ma¬ 
in the old days of frontier life the cacti were planted as a hedge to keep 
out wild beasts that preyed on the stock 
The pepper tree, showing its 
foliage akm to that of the 
Eastern willow 
against a hedge of 
callas, a n d behind 
them fan palms on 
one side and Cana- 
riensis on the other, 
winding through the 
beautiful grounds. 
In Los Angeles are 
seen some notable 
garden entrances 
where the artistic 
landscape gardener 
has produced a surnp- 
tuous effect with 
palms, peppers and 
bananas, which lend 
themselves so readily 
to decoration. 
A singular feature 
of this country is its 
Gardening is so simple in Southern California that the children take delight in their own little patches. 
Each small member of the family contributes to the garden's loveliness, be it with flower or vegetable 
A rose- embowered path. 
Behind is a glimpse of a 
Norfolk Island pine 
laria or mosquitoes. 
A study of the 
trees alone of the 
gardens in Southern 
California would 
prove an interesting 
pastime, so infinite is 
the variety. 
The pepper tree de¬ 
serves an article by 
itself, as in beauty of 
form and leaf it is 
chief among the 
Southern California 
trees. It more near¬ 
ly approximates the 
Eastern willow than 
any other tree, as in 
its natural growth 
the branches fall to 
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