. Ralph's scrap book . fmni now. The lemon tree ne\er rests. It is continnoush in bldumand in fruit in all stages of development from the blossomto the ripe lemon. The fig tree, in the words of Josh Billings, is a komicalkuss. As far as the naked eyecan tliscover it never frnit seems to ])ush itselfinto existence promiscuouslv,through the bark anywhere onthe limbs, in a ha]ihazard, game-iif-chance manner. It first showsitself on the limb in the shape ofa small swelling resembling awart, where very soon a small figwith a stem attached is sticking(lut on the limb like a sore
. Ralph's scrap book . fmni now. The lemon tree ne\er rests. It is continnoush in bldumand in fruit in all stages of development from the blossomto the ripe lemon. The fig tree, in the words of Josh Billings, is a komicalkuss. As far as the naked eyecan tliscover it never frnit seems to ])ush itselfinto existence promiscuouslv,through the bark anywhere onthe limbs, in a ha]ihazard, game-iif-chance manner. It first showsitself on the limb in the shape ofa small swelling resembling awart, where very soon a small figwith a stem attached is sticking(lut on the limb like a sore the fact that it neverblossoms accounts for the otherfact that the fruit is (.)ne partskin and nine jiarts seeds and worms. Strawberries are in bearing twelve months in the day following Christmas I assisted a friend in Pasa-dena in his garden work. We planted potatoes and hoed jxjtatoes that were sixinches high, side by side, and lunched between the acts on fresh strawberries from the adjoining lot. 3. A young fig tree in Aunt Marysyard m Pasadena The onlv evidence (if winter is that the leaves have fallenfmm the deiidinius trees and ,^|ie \ine)ards. It liioks alittle (iff to see a great, li\e, healthy tree dding theautunni avl ni dropping its leaves, while surrounded byshrubs, roses and other trees in full bloom, with the orangeand lemon loaded with fruit. Sin(e we tame from the mountains Ralph spends one-half (jf each day at school (the Throop Polytechnic), theother half he devotes t(.) horseback riding, hunting andmountain climbing. lie has betiime such a pedestrian crank that he walks toschool in the morning three miles awa\, at Iasadena, re-turning at noon on the electrics. bor a change he ri(.lesboth wa\s on horseback. We spend Saturdays picnicking in the country and in themountains. ()ur partv consists of four persons with goodappetites; mode ol conveyance, horse and buggy and twosaddle horses. hind no difficult) in locating jileasant [picnick-ing gro
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