. The city and county of Los Angeles in southern California . nts and trees to flourish in the open air all through the Christmas may be seen hedges of calla lilies, geranium bushesten feet and more in height, and heliotrope covering the side of ahouse, while the jasmine, tuberose and orange make the air heavywith their delicious perfume. Giant bananas wave their gracefulleaves in the gentle breeze, and often ripen their fruit; the fan anddate palm grow to mammoth proportions, and roses of a thousandvarieties run riot. A majority of the residences stand in spaciousgrounds, a lot of 5
. The city and county of Los Angeles in southern California . nts and trees to flourish in the open air all through the Christmas may be seen hedges of calla lilies, geranium bushesten feet and more in height, and heliotrope covering the side of ahouse, while the jasmine, tuberose and orange make the air heavywith their delicious perfume. Giant bananas wave their gracefulleaves in the gentle breeze, and often ripen their fruit; the fan anddate palm grow to mammoth proportions, and roses of a thousandvarieties run riot. A majority of the residences stand in spaciousgrounds, a lot of 50x150 feet being the smallest occupied by ahouse of any pretension, even within a stones throw of the businessstreets. Many have from one to five acres of ground, all in a highstate of cultivation, with well kept, verdant lawns, upon whichthe fig, orange and palm cast a grateful shade. Along the sides ofthe streets shade trees are also the rule, the favorite varieties beingthe graceful pepper, which grows to a great size, the eucalyptus, andthe grevilla. 25. The almost universal material for residences in Southern Cali-fornia is wood—pine and redwood, the latter being used altogetherfor outside and largely for inside finish. This material, while amplysufficient for the climate, lends itself to graceful decoration un-dreamed of by those who have been accustomed to houses of brickor stone. A great variety of architecture is found among the residencesof Los Angeles. The picturesque and comfortable early Missionstyle of architecture, which should have been more extensivelyadopted long ago by the American settlers, is at length coming intovogue. Some of the more pretentious of these residences, in theMission style of architecture, have spacious tiled court-yards, cov-ered with glass, in which fountains plash, flowers bloom and birdswarble. It costs less to build in Southern California now than it didin the boom days. Again, a $10,000 residence here is as good as a$20,000 residence
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