The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-25
SOUTHERN OALIFORNIA.
A Wealth Of Blooming Flowers aud bright,
0reen Grass,

Green GrasG
Extracts from u private letter from a
LADY now Ia California, dated March s,
furnished for publication, more eapecl
ally for lhe bpnplt " the Stark County
Hor icnltural Society,
#*# have eujOy,d the season here
very much, and more than Obce have
thought over tho lat count m friends
In Canton, and said, how | wished they
could 6e cut loose from cares u d work
Tor n whlle ana SO with me the wealth
OF lrui II iwprs, fu0ahine aud green
grats thai no a6OundH In Sou hprn Cali
fOrnia, haVt seen frOst-a II tia white
fros', twice since January lat. Then II
did not reach up ~ hlgh m hellOlIope
blossoms, for they did moi seem 10 know
there had been frost, Gpraniuma In u
masa OF bloom, standing ten feet high
Roses In perfection. growing all the
way up from the ground TO tho p0rchea
0f two story houses. Yet ths country
strikes you 40 new country, aud have
many lines wondered that the lneyita.
ble and ifsinnatIng Yankee had not
found and possessed all this country
years ago. OF California lrult you know,
hnt you do not know II at its best.
Oranges that melt AWAY In their own
juice. Strawberries ~ thll season are
not nearly az good ~ wa ~ a. In ONO;
they lack III flavor ana tenderness, IL
may be because this season ls not their
brst, though you can buy them every
week IN the yehr, The vegetables are
fresh the year round. Bpets, peas, pOta.
toes, cafrots, pusity, celry, sweet pO.
tatoes turhip4, cabbage, caul flower,
etc, are brought TO your door, 'r.sh
from the grOuud, by the Chinese gard n.
ers every day, This work IN almost en-.
tifely In the hands Of the Chinese, In
tact, have not seen any other ga,den.
ers anywhere IN California, and II the
class 10 succeed IA their aHti.Chinese
war; the people here viii sadly mlss the
even tempered JOhnny Of the gaIdei =,
kitchens aud laundrles.
From Loa Ahgelta we started 10 Santa
Barbara, 22 miles by rail TO San Pedro
on the coast, thence by steamer, The
weather and sea werd All that could 6e
desired, and yet had TO shut my eyes TO
The beauties OF the sea aud laud, aud my
mouth 10 the delicl cles OF ocean steam
cr'S menu, ana labOr hard 10 keep my
mouth shut, However, II camo 10 an
eDd, aud We found Santa Barbara u nice,
quiet, pretty place, aud thu longer We
stayed the 6'tter We llked II. | wish
you could have seen the Rose Fair,
which the Santa Barbaflana hold every
year, II was like u visit 10 fairy land,
In one corner built up M You wCuli spt
u ladder against the wall, was u bRi k
ten feet wide VI the base aud twelve feet
high, with one solid face Of t0ses-n0
green lpAy's over eighty Varieties, slug
thousands Of the beaul fu Il lIwers In
tho most hyish prOfusOn, Among
o,her desigua WAS schooner ak feet
long, covered with rOs sOldly eOt to
geth,r, the maSts, ropes a0d saIls Of
amilax and flowers. pyramid OF calla
lilies higher than my head, aud hug.
dreda Of them scattered AN0ut In dill,r.
ent parts Ot tho room, Another pretty
design was an old Catholic mission
church that ~ here, aud wa nndGd by
the franciscan Brotherhood eume time
In the 10 h or l7Ih century. II was
about three feet long aud two feet high.
The aides, front aud towers we're made
OF white roses, The roof aud Il rml,Ory
windows Of yolets. o her designa OF
harps, anchors, stars, easy chairs, ana
ever no many more that were beautiful
were everywhere yiib'e Among The
fruits raised In this county | aaw
oranges, lemons, lines, bananas, dates,
ngI, custard apples, peaches, pruues,
guayOs, lrquot, Chinese lem,us, chest
uts, almonds, walnuts, ana more that
caOnot recall 10 mind. The air wns
heavy with the fragrance Of vlOeta, On.
melias. roses, lilacs and hundreds OF
beautiful aDWers. hope you will have
the priyll' g. Of enjoying no pretty u
eight sometime, The railroad war liz
T cling, and each day the bulletins show
lower rates-$l5 will huy u ticket 10
kaneoa City today; $3.50 TO Chicago,
and &2s 10 New York tiiy.