California south . cture in the last decade. An unusuallyhigh level of intelligence and great wealth have joined its wonder-ful growth to make a result worthy of pride. The Los Angeles ofthe older days is like the fragment of a half-forgotten dream—thePlaza, the Mission Church, the remnants of Sonora town or thequaint home of some old-time dignitary, serve to stir the imagina-tion and to remind the visitor that here half a century ago anothercivilization existed; but in the Los Angeles of to-day the puebloplays no part, and the sound of the Angelus is lost in the citysroar. Los Ang
California south . cture in the last decade. An unusuallyhigh level of intelligence and great wealth have joined its wonder-ful growth to make a result worthy of pride. The Los Angeles ofthe older days is like the fragment of a half-forgotten dream—thePlaza, the Mission Church, the remnants of Sonora town or thequaint home of some old-time dignitary, serve to stir the imagina-tion and to remind the visitor that here half a century ago anothercivilization existed; but in the Los Angeles of to-day the puebloplays no part, and the sound of the Angelus is lost in the citysroar. Los Angeles is a city of commanding views; it sweeps downfrom the heights toward the ocean and the setting sun. From athousand vantage points vast panoramas of landscape, of moun-tain, ocean and valley delight the eye. It is a city perfumed withroses; it is garlanded everywhere with flowers thriving in peren-nial beauty; and miles upon miles of paved boulevards, in far-reaching level vistas, over-arched with the bending branches of. A GLIMPSE OF WESTLAEB PARK, LOS ANGELES. protecting trees, or winding through canons, along bold brows ofthe hills or over the ridge tops, are endless invitations to travel. The palm, magnolia, pepper, eucalyptus, acacia, china berry,grevilla, catalpa, umbrella tree, and the endless cypress, and manyof the trees familiar in the East as favorites furnishing drive-wayshadow, are everywhere. Broad-leafed bananas, mammoth cen-tury plants, tree geraniums and housetop-reaching roses give thecity a semi-tropic, gala-day appearance. A veritable park itself, the city has numerous well-kept pleas-ure grounds, of which the best improved are Westlake, Eastlakeand Elysian Parks. Up in the hills, Griffith Park, a natural scenicland of 3000 acres, possesses wonderful possibilities, and in a fewyears will become the citys greatest attraction. Indeed, beforelong, with the aid of the semi-tropic climate, these parks will allpresent a beauty now beyond comprehension. The b
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