. All about Pasadena and its vicinity; its climate, missions, trails and cañons, fruits, flowers and game. bewildering to the eye. The mesas, that have been burnt and brown, at thebidding of the first rain assume a change of raiment-first green, with the rapid growing aljileria, so valuableas natural fodder. This covers the length and breadthof the land, marking the high and by ways with new-born tints, while the little star-shaped pink blossomlends loveliness by the contrast. Soon after theadvent of the alfileria comes a delicate, bell-shaped,cream-colored flower, daintily poised aloft on sle
. All about Pasadena and its vicinity; its climate, missions, trails and cañons, fruits, flowers and game. bewildering to the eye. The mesas, that have been burnt and brown, at thebidding of the first rain assume a change of raiment-first green, with the rapid growing aljileria, so valuableas natural fodder. This covers the length and breadthof the land, marking the high and by ways with new-born tints, while the little star-shaped pink blossomlends loveliness by the contrast. Soon after theadvent of the alfileria comes a delicate, bell-shaped,cream-colored flower, daintily poised aloft on slenderstalk. On the upper slopes they mass like snow,changing the color of the fields. In February, orpossibly earlier, comes the poppy. Splashes of colorappear here and there; the afterglow of the moun-tains seems to have been transferred to the plainsbelow, and finally the slopes appear afire with thegolden flower. In certain places —near canons, onthe hills of San Rafael ranch, and in Wilsons Canon— the shooting star, or American cowslip, is violets now appear, covering the ground in. PROPOSED UNION CLUB BUILDING, COLORADO STREET. PASADENA AND ITS VICINITY. 107 many places, nodding in clumps in the grain fields, orforming a gorgeous border to the roadside, together with masses of a little blue cup-shaped flower the baby bluetts of the children. At first we may keepthe newcomers well in hand; but now others follow. so quickly that we are lost in confusion. Thepainters brush colors the hillsides and fields withvivid tints, resting on a matting of velvet greens,formed by clovers of many kinds. The iris rears itsgraceful shape in brilliant masses, while eveningprimrose, rock rose, wild pea, tulip, and many moreare distinguishable in the floral throng. Bells of blueand white, trumpets of purple and pink, the lovelyFenste7}i07i, the gorgeous silene, huge ox-eyed daisies,delicate crucifers, golden dandelions, blue and whitesnapdragons, pale pink morning glories, and
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