Southern California; . ^ and deciduous fruit trees ^^-^ --^ i>^ ^ fe ^if-^^?^ has transformed a desert into ^ * «5r^ l_ AT^i^ils-j-iMT , a teeming garden. In driving along the edgeof the valley toward the eastwe look up along the fertilepatches that nestle close tothe steep slopes of the SierraMad re Range. Turning at Lamanda Park directly toward the mountains weascend along an avenue of lofty eucalyptus and weavingpepper trees into an orange grove which is of less recentplanting than most of its neighbors, and finally emergeat the Sierra Madre Villa Hotel, the oldest resort inSouthern Cali
Southern California; . ^ and deciduous fruit trees ^^-^ --^ i>^ ^ fe ^if-^^?^ has transformed a desert into ^ * «5r^ l_ AT^i^ils-j-iMT , a teeming garden. In driving along the edgeof the valley toward the eastwe look up along the fertilepatches that nestle close tothe steep slopes of the SierraMad re Range. Turning at Lamanda Park directly toward the mountains weascend along an avenue of lofty eucalyptus and weavingpepper trees into an orange grove which is of less recentplanting than most of its neighbors, and finally emergeat the Sierra Madre Villa Hotel, the oldest resort inSouthern California. From the veranda of the hotel, wemay look upon the tropical garden about us, over theorange orchard, across a glorious panorama of valley,and beyond the intervening hills, to the ocean and SantaCatalina Island, with its two conical peaks making anunmistakable landmark sixty miles away. The moun-tains form an imposing background cut up by canj-ons. 4fe
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