Southern California . GlenwooJ J/i/effj r- one side of the avenue. Upon the other side are rows of lofty palms, their great trunks amply sheathed in a garment of dead leaves, and high in the air the clusters of large fan-shaped leaves, picturesque with their ragged edges. The border of palms is varied from time to time by magnolias, cypresses, grevilias and other ornamental trees, while orchards and gardens extend back to the half-hidden homes along the way. It is a most imposing avenue, without a parallel in its grace and repose. So then, while the air is heavy with the perfume of. ar*~sicft.
Southern California . GlenwooJ J/i/effj r- one side of the avenue. Upon the other side are rows of lofty palms, their great trunks amply sheathed in a garment of dead leaves, and high in the air the clusters of large fan-shaped leaves, picturesque with their ragged edges. The border of palms is varied from time to time by magnolias, cypresses, grevilias and other ornamental trees, while orchards and gardens extend back to the half-hidden homes along the way. It is a most imposing avenue, without a parallel in its grace and repose. So then, while the air is heavy with the perfume of. ar*~sicft. „ the orange blossoms, while the oriole is singing his sum-mer song in the grevilia and the people are keeping coolas best they may in canvas coats, let us glance over someother portions of the district named after its county seat,Riverside. From Highgrove the train for San Jacinto winds upthe mountains over a desert waste. It is not quite likethe desert across the San Bernardino Mountains, forthere is some indication of green in the landscape, andin an occasional gully a few small sycamores maintainan unequal struggle for existence, but in the main thehill slopes are covered with great boulders and the mesaland with sand and sagebrush. There is, however, a 77
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