Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-17

dtUer wheel. Inc Ballaft gardens are
about 800 yards wide all around the
lake, with tramways running thither
from all parts of the city. In one por-
ton of the garden is the Hall of Stat
ues," one Of which is called the "Flight
from Pompeii,n and represents a Ro-
man centurion holding a blanket over
the head Of his wife and child. as he
he conducts them from the place of
danger, through a shower of hot ashes.
This statue cost about $4,000, and is
one OF the gems of the sculptor's art.
THE ADELAIDE GARDENS
l have never visited, but am told they
rank next to those of Sydney in their
great variety of trees and plants. Some
how or other, considering that Adelaide
is the emporium of the vast Broken
Hills region, it is sort of dreamy
place with magnificent public buildings
and broad streets, but with shops whose
trade is very limited. Back of Adelaide
there is great deal of wealth i'll pas
toral avocations, and she ships about
$4,000 carcaees of mutton and 500 sides
of beef per month to England. The
estates Of Sir Thomas Elder, Mr.. J. HI.
Blackler and others have as fine horses,
cattle and sheep as can be found any
where in the world; and it will always
be my regret that my stay in ''the saint
ly city" was so short that l had no time
to visit the botanical gardens.
THE BRISBANE GARDENS.
Situated just outside the city of that
name, which is the capital of Queens
land, are the handsomest OF their size
in the world. Less than 800 acres in
area, they almost stifie the American
visitor with the heavy aroma of their
tropical flowers and dazzle the senses
with the sensuous huea Of their mani
fold gaudy blossoms. They lie to the
east of the parliament house, and have
small fountains interspersed through
the shrubbery, like our quail in Golden
Gate park. they have the jungle cock Of
India and the paradise birds of New
Guinea, while the tragopan pheasant of
Japan and the sand grouse. of Mant-
chooria are all lurking in the bushes
close beside you. One OF the great fea-
lures OF this garden is
THE AVENUE OF PALMS,
which is az far ahead of the avenue of
the same name at Honolulu as the lat
ter is ahead of anything in America.
The Brisbane avenue contains 246
palms, 1923 on each side, each being the
duplicate of the one opposite and no two
alike on the same side. Every portion
of the torrid zone has contributed to
this beautiful piece of landscape garden
ing. You see palms from Florida and
Cuba side by side with those of Hindo-
stan, Siam and the Mauritius. I have
dashed this off hastily because / was
pleased at reaolng .-.e editorial in last
Thursday's HERALD about the newparks
now being projected about this city. I
hope the commissioners will encircle the
new Elysian park with the
AUSTRALIAN BOX THORN,
Which regard as the greatest of all the
hAdaa rlanta-2 II nttains ita nnaximnrsa
growth OF fifteen to eighteen feet In
about eight years, and is then ''a thing
of beauty and Joy forever" 1t can
either be sown in nursery and tians-
planted, or sown along the fence lines
where it is intended to grow perman
emily. For storm shelter for animals
it has not an equal, and it must come
into general use in Southern California
before long. Let all our people take an
interest in this matter, and we shall yet
have, in the vicinity of Los Angeles,
series of parks that shall dwarf all other
American cities (of our size) by compar-
ison. All the conditions of climate are
largely in our favor. HIDALGo.
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