Southern California; . h our surroiindiugs, more sim-plicity, more thought in our buildings, both public andprivate. But if the houses of San Bernardino lack anything inpicturesque effect, much has been done to atone for thisby the unconscious taste shown in the improvement ofthe landscape. Instead of marring the face of nature asis so often the case with human interference, man hasvastly enhanced its beauties. Water has been developed •here in great abundance, both in immense storage reser-voirs in the mountains, and in artesian wells, which arenumerous and flow in powerful streams. By means
Southern California; . h our surroiindiugs, more sim-plicity, more thought in our buildings, both public andprivate. But if the houses of San Bernardino lack anything inpicturesque effect, much has been done to atone for thisby the unconscious taste shown in the improvement ofthe landscape. Instead of marring the face of nature asis so often the case with human interference, man hasvastly enhanced its beauties. Water has been developed •here in great abundance, both in immense storage reser-voirs in the mountains, and in artesian wells, which arenumerous and flow in powerful streams. By means otthis abundant water supply, a country originally largelycovered with sand and chamiso — a hard,^ ungraceful shrub — has been converted _^, ,^ ^ into a park of Arcadian loveliness. He who visits this spot in the springtime,when all over the country the fresh,brilliant green grain is spreading abroadits mantle, when the pink peach blos-soms stand out in contrast to the deepMiie of the lofty mountains behind them,.
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