Tourists' and settlers' guide to Florida . uiltin such complete harmony with its ancient surroundingsthat there is no jar or discord in the whole. Nothing in America, and not many things in Europe,can approach in architectural beauty and magnificence ofdesign, the group of Spanish-Moresque Palaces, the HotelsPonce de Leon, Alcazar and Cordova. On one side thepark-like grounds, sparkling fountains, tropical verdure andblooming plants mark the entrance grounds of one round tower, the kneeling balconies, the wide parapetsof a mediaeval castle, gives a mere intimation of the di-mensions
Tourists' and settlers' guide to Florida . uiltin such complete harmony with its ancient surroundingsthat there is no jar or discord in the whole. Nothing in America, and not many things in Europe,can approach in architectural beauty and magnificence ofdesign, the group of Spanish-Moresque Palaces, the HotelsPonce de Leon, Alcazar and Cordova. On one side thepark-like grounds, sparkling fountains, tropical verdure andblooming plants mark the entrance grounds of one round tower, the kneeling balconies, the wide parapetsof a mediaeval castle, gives a mere intimation of the di-mensions of another. At the left a gate-way, lofty, archedand grand in proportions, as rich in its finishings and asimposing in its entirety as any of the triumphal arches offoreign cities. Through this arched gate-way, entrance ishad to the enclosed court of the Hotel Ponce de Leon,blooming at all times of the year with fragrance and wonderful building is a monolith, practically onesingle stone. It has been molded from the concrete of. Exchanging Northern Property for Southern a Specialty *ABSTR?5 REAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENT, «^. J^XJG^USI^IIVK, = ]P^rvOISII3.^, THE ^HUEMCIK,* CO CCS t=3
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