Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-30
removal OF the stHerald,, office.
Our new building, Nos. 123-125
Second street, near Fort, is now ready,
and we shall move into it on Tuesday,
May LIST.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA has on at this
moment her richest and most beauti-
full garb. The natural grasses are in
their highest perfection, and so abund-
ant, SO lush are they in all their vari-
cites, that the sheep and cattle will
not go hungry before the fall rains
shall destroy their nutritious qualities.
The world does not elsewhere afford
pastures to vie with ours. And the
meadows are studded with the rain
bow hues of thousand flowers. The
eschscholtzia is still in bloom, and so
is the pretty blue lily indigenous to
= California, which the country people
have named the grass flower. Another
poppy, even more beautiful than
the eschscholtzia, the Mariposa lily, is
also most attractive feature of the
landscape. The pride of the meadow.
or Indian paint brush, is as gay as any
of its fellows, and in marked contrast
TO this flower which faunts its beauty
rather meretriciously before the eyes
of all, is the modest violet, which con-
ceals her beauty Of form and hue be-
meath the tall grasses that deck the
plain. Where man has expended
his husbandry these purely nat
ural products Of rich soil
and sunny skies are replaced
by the crops of the agriculturist.
The fields Of grain spread widely over
many plain as they bend before the
gentle breezes of these days, are a
sight on which to fairly feast the eyes.
Barley, wheat and oats stand in the
full perfection OF their being, clean,
bright, heavy-headed and as thick as
the land will bear them. The barley
is just beginning to turn. Some Of
the earliest sown is now being cat for
hay. The wheat is already in the
head, and the oats are as far
along as the barley. AS for
alfalfa, the first crop of the
season is already cut from all
fields, and being fed to stock. From
now until next November, the farmer
who has a patch of this fodder plant
will mow it every month, getting
from one to two tons Of hay from each
acre. And the trees OF this semi
tropic land of fruit and flowers look as
we'll as the grain and grass crops.
Apricots are as large as pigeons eggs,
the peaches are well set, apples are
just in bloom and the pears are
coming out. AS for the oranges,
the old crop is being cleaned
mp from the trees, and the blossoms
for next years fruit are like a light
fall of snow, but as sweet as honey.
The leaves are of that clear, waxen,
glossy appearance which betokens the
most perfect health. The promise of
fruit, both citrus and deciduous, was
never better than at present. Even
the shy-bearing almond gives promise
of heavy crop wherever there is a
single tree. Nor should the vineyards
be forgotten. The young ones set
last year look as we'll as could be
wished. In many instances ninety
five per cent Of the cuttings struck,
and with the present favorable season
they will get such good hold of the
ground as no future season of adver-
sity will be able to shake. AS one
looks abroad over our plains and
sees these fine prospects, these vari-
Gus products of the soil, and contem-
plates the profit of farming in this
highly favored section, it is hard to
avoid the exclamation, happy the
people who own piece Of this match
- soil