. Silver jubilee memorial, 1868-93. of that Home so graphicallydescribed by Helen Hunt: Its windows open on the garden, andthe doorway faces the east. Between the veranda and the rivermeadows, all was garden, orange almond orchard ; theorange grove always green, never without snowy bloom or goldenfruit; the garden never without flowers, summer or winter ; and thealmond orchard in early spring a fluttery canopy of pink and whitepetals. On either hand stretched away other orchards,—pear,peach, apricot, apple, pomegranate, and beyond these, to be seen but verdure or bl
. Silver jubilee memorial, 1868-93. of that Home so graphicallydescribed by Helen Hunt: Its windows open on the garden, andthe doorway faces the east. Between the veranda and the rivermeadows, all was garden, orange almond orchard ; theorange grove always green, never without snowy bloom or goldenfruit; the garden never without flowers, summer or winter ; and thealmond orchard in early spring a fluttery canopy of pink and whitepetals. On either hand stretched away other orchards,—pear,peach, apricot, apple, pomegranate, and beyond these, to be seen but verdure or bloom, or fruit, at whatever timeof year you sat on the south veranda. Does not this vivid picture portray the features of every land ?scape throughout the magnificent Southern valley which yieldswith the luxuriance of the fabled age—fair Garden of the Hesperideswith its wealth of magic golden fruit, guarded not by the dragon ofold, but by myriads of angels hovering with a special delectationoer the valley of Los Angeles. i;j6. ^ < - ^; r o: 2 137 A thrilling sadness lingers round thy name 0 Ramona, causingone to pause and wander back to the early days of California, whenthe dusk} sons of the forest were rulers of the sod. Scarcely a tractof land that does not teem with reminiscences of this period ; like achain, the Missions link themselves through the land; each in itselfplaced where Natures smiles are fairest. Just within call of the silver chime of the old San Gabriel, anew city has risen, bearing the name of Ramona, her highest emin-ence crowned by a Convent, filled with busy workers—courageoussuccessors of the toilers of old. Yonder San Jacinto lies purple andhazy in the distance, while snow-capped Baldy keeps constantguard over the peaceful valley so quietly resting below. Fair Italy with her far-famed mountains and picturesque sitesis alone a rival of this gem of our Californian land— But fairer than the blossoms of the south are the souls of littlechi
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