. Beautiful gardens in America. sem-blances as well as in many of our ideals? The garden inthe accompanying illustrations shows a beautiful combina-tion of flowers with picturesque old trees. The climate of this favored place is even more de-lightful and balmy than that of the mainland, and thecharm of the great Pacific is doubly felt along these quietshores. The untravelled may picture it as isolated andforsaken, but rather is it just enough retired to be apartwithout loneliness; and, except in a few cities, excluding 340 BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA the turmoil of the world, yet hospitably o
. Beautiful gardens in America. sem-blances as well as in many of our ideals? The garden inthe accompanying illustrations shows a beautiful combina-tion of flowers with picturesque old trees. The climate of this favored place is even more de-lightful and balmy than that of the mainland, and thecharm of the great Pacific is doubly felt along these quietshores. The untravelled may picture it as isolated andforsaken, but rather is it just enough retired to be apartwithout loneliness; and, except in a few cities, excluding 340 BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA the turmoil of the world, yet hospitably open to thefriendly passer-by. There is more sunshine here than in England, althoughthe climates are very similar. On Vancouver Island thereare the four distinct, well-defined seasons; the temperatureis more like that of Portland than of Tacoma. The islandis generously covered with vegetation, and when its nativewild flowers are considered, in addition to the gardens inrich cultivation, it may well be called a garden island. 341.
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