Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-05-04
A Pleasan! Drive.

There can be not n., IL our opin-
ion, for relaxation from labor more
enjoyable than a ride at such a season
as this through the suburbs of our city.
One who cannot appreciate the beau
ties of our surroundings must be of
the most insensible sort. Yesterday
morning, upon the invitation of Mr..
Thos. A. Carey, a representative of
the HERALD enjoyed for the first time
a drive among the orange groves and
nurseries, at the Southeastern skirts
of the city. After passing through a
number of orange orchards of lesser
dimensions, yet very attractive, we
came to the magnificent nursery and
orchard of Mr. Carey. Upon tract
of thirty-eight acres, which is in itself
forest of orange, lemon and lime
trees of every degree of growth, stands
one of the most elegant and gracefully
appointed residences in the county.
The contrast of its pure white color
with the ever green surroundings
forms q pleasing feature OF the scene.
Such pictures have been described in
poetry, but have never been over
drawn. Upon this piece of ground
Mr.. Carey has one hundred thousand
trees just beginning to fruit, from four
to seven years old. The income from
this tract will be about ten thousand
dollars per annum. There are trees
upon the ground in blossom that are
five years old from the seed, and 9TH
ers that are but three from grating.
There are even some in bloom that are
but one year old from grating.
Among the varieties of bearing trees
are specimens of the "Du Roi," "St.
Michael" Mediterranean" and the
"Blood'-all thrifty and attractive
from their graceful proportions and
the fragrance of their multitudinOus
blossoms. There are also upon the
ground. both in the orchard and the
nursery, thousands Of ornamental spe-
cies, among them the Chinese Man.
DARN, which is in dwarf fruit. 1t
seemed hardly credible that twelve
years ago this entire tract was bar.
rem waste, and was purchased for o
nominal sum. To-day everything
about the locality suggests pros
perity, romance and full enjoyment
of life. With tropical fruits ever
blossoming, always iipening, flowers
of every description mingIing their
perfume with the fragrance of the
orange, and the fullness of an ideal of
home comfort about us, one may be
parloned Tor induging in small de-
gree of covetousuess. Mr. Carey has
wrought ont this result with his own
hands, so to speak, and has we'll
earned the fruit of his labor that he
now enjoys. After leaving his nursery,
a visit was made to the Cooperative
Nursery, where there are over four
hundred thousand trees, the largest
orange orchard and nursery in the
world. In this Mr.. Carey is a large
stakeholder. There are in this tract
about two hundred acres. In four
years more the orchards here will
yield immensely. All of the trees are
looking finely, and the grounds are
kept in capital order The enterprise
cannot fail to be grand success. MIR.
G. A. Smith has purchased about
1850 trees of this Company, which he
has had set out on tract near by, un-
der the direction of Mr.. Carey. They
are all looking well, and with proper
care the orchard cannot fail to be as
profitable as any Of its size. The tract
contains fifty acres, and besides the
orange trees has six hundred walnut
and two hundred apple and other
northern fruit trees. Mr.. Smith has
too fine a pr ,perty here to allow it to
depreciate for want of proper manage
ment. We hope soon to seeit bearing
fruit in abundance. After inspecting
the tract we returned to the city,
filled with gratitude to Mr.. Carey, and
wishing him continued success.