Semi-Tropical California. John Muir Describes the Sun Valley of San Gabriel. Some Facts about Orange Culture-A Fruit Land-A California Colony-Hints to Invalids. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) San Gabriel Valley, September 1, 1877.

X0* j U *.. S-; SB3M-EECAL:e4EEP;RKl4- j and TemtcTffere-Iyhave. made my* HS -\u27 \.-r\u27 ~ --*—- x i:,;\u27-i?\u27:\u27 IP home.and herjTsBsfcayhfle Ilive.* JoAfoMn Describes : Sttir T&akf j The.geograpositioaw?jjglii, y San Ga&rieL * a* ?- soil and cJimate land-4 Jne take pleasuserT inj2pre8ent2ig our Jfcaders today freir*aeWtfe&Ji the -foi- | tinned, poinl-jiisfcieyoad his lowing charming letter from the Httm- boldfofAmeri(-the*giaDlogit; cosmog- onist, botanist and artist—John Muir. \u27 What a wild, free, grorions life he leads ;. on -the mountain tops, -under the rriur- J rdurihgpines,in the eettfiing canon, arid\u27 and in the forests primeval. Each oisfttlieS*esnita;*rja*i-IBtw yet Been attained, \u27.\u27*\u27. I&perimealAjj|l\u27naaA been tried, and good., begirrnings mad\u27ei; - si brrt.thermim]3fiftoTenp, 4 established groves are-scarce \u27a*\u27 one to-S fifty compared \ with -the - . newly * * planted. Many causes,, howeverxi have combined -of late try give the ; busmess aonderfh}, impetus, and ;net! orchards iaTe\u27heirrg-rnsdfrevsry dayi thajs;fiirsafe|.ba9Fnd;iif.my rieagbl-f !► the feold groves, aglow with bor; plant Ave acres with orange trees, and by the time your; last mountain is climbed their fruit will be your fortune\u27! He then led me down the valley, through the-few famous old groves in full bearing, andgspn the estate ,of, Mr. Wilson- ~t- QI wj.j. .u i.i, *vvwvo U..UU.W. umu . , - - , - , ksc , ,1 lessneasideseloped tfe\u27sj desiiTtcttv ait J; i_ -i -j. -*j?aH*\u27- ii ., „ A showed me a ten,-acre. grove 18 year* old, W:-- -, ---: ss-v„ --- : . .-,.; ---. ,i . * -ti || rock,-plant an-6ree-\u27\u27e calleth them alH\u27tte last years crop from whichwas, soldi vritiGalifornmj rt would reassur \u27 for$20,000.;There Said,fetfe,ii?TScltfeE.|*SipH umphani enthusiasm, what doyou think- Urora-buMduig goin o\u27n.agd the\u27hles&\u27ctf of that?-,00C;r acre per annum foj* \4&gg&0$jffi follows:.: hnlwcM, :, :..-lTtwom pioneers, : who have beerl -- *-\u27 facts aboct kasgbs. \u27\u27 ?-\u27\u27V-tossed about lOwboulders in flood timers The numberorafreesplantedto., restrial hJaveriYr&mfed to rest.. They; the acre is usually frara 49-to 69; tKey [.build, and plant, and settle, and bo.\u27 come? \ then atand\u27from. thirty \u27 to -twefity-fiv trader natural influenceai Whn\u27 : I iriajt? ] feet-apart :each wav\u27and, thuaTP1 * ee he plants- himself- E#w.i . -j-5*- it - - .i* a-.-- -i--. root is an anchor, over which he reag WftFWikl planted,,, thme-fe*; continue-- fruit- j v\u270imias!m . _ __,- . 1 ciently calm to feel the. joy-ofUviri\u27g. He } DeBahShorb,-an\u27eafcttsiastic-believer ! .... -. -... in IidaiAngelea and ararigesy.-.. 3ays; We j haw 1yee.*ori. our property that are fully fortyyears oldi\u27and- .eighteear ih3esin I diameter, that are .still vigorous, ancbj } yieldinsf immense crOpsref fiaft.atthdjigh | they are ojay twenlry. f eetr apart. :*.ed - ii IS ; lings arajBftidto-begin to bear TenraBera- \u27 by name. With hijiamaiejj he teste the-frraiitfWrth Ms pencil-hecaptures the others in his artists\u27 portfolio r -.- San Gabbiei Y.aixey, Sept. 1, 1S7T-. - The aun valley of San Gabriel is on&$f;; .the brightest 3pota toie foar\u27iH-all.-buiS briglit-huHl, and most of its brightness is J wildness—wild, south sunshine in a basin rimmed about with mountains and hills. \ Cultivation-ia-notwholly waiatirig, -fori here are-Ahe choicest of -jJl the:I(0pAnge- l.-i-. , , - -. .iHfim ;,ii*-- „, t 1( oranop rrrovps but it\u27 .-;i -.+ fruit, are the bu*ning?andsbining Iiglits: . that direct andVuezftthes saDfjEeiik, \u27 -nwrwmiwy- .- ,.._ \u27\u27 - - - SSa j, il\u27ip\u27- -\u27 .- - ?Sg| .-/aKosCBSBciEDiSG —.:- S? —m afe t AftemsitiBessmgthe-bad effJEeta}8fne-* | . necessarily makes the acquaintance of the sun ntibw aky. Favorite trees fill hia: mindj arid while tending them; ;Kfee; ej. dren, and acceriHng the benefits they- bring, beeofrres himself a benefectwr. -Be: sees.the brown common graundteemir IP A 11 bnRmm?Tfe*tr-i\u27tK\u27vnl 7~ljj and leanra to-bringitiiiate ta tEfcg! tive crbjat.-in their tenth--year,, FnKby,Jhat he wills he can raSeb\u27y\u27 trajt Centered the sunnj sbutShalf. a month superior: cultivation this, long _Knproduc- ago, coming down alrigthioool sea, and rP?1 somewhat lessened Srf?n =, -. BinfcrfwSrtSr* *Si sl\u27rfaSJ whiletaees-from three to five years,old cT5arrt-Baerii._; With slips.arid\u27;rootletSj-his magic wands/they,. apeaE:\u27at-hisS-biddmgT These, and the seeds heplarits, fe\u27 hS prayers; and, by them brought into, rigt-|-. relations with God, he works\u27 gtitodRi\u27} , landing ab Santa Moriica-. \u27: Anllour\u27sride * , . — ,= -!, -., overstretches of bare, brown plain, a i f may becfese-fromthe- nurserymen, through corn-fields and* orange groves I I $g$ toeweomerwho seta out anor j brought me-, totbe handsomecoteeited chard-maybegin to gier; frmt .by-pm j little- town\u27ofXos Aflgeles, where oneJ *f aaihyear.-. AVheny6nk.set out,.., i finBs Spanish .adobes- and .Yankee shin-1 I .fo 518?\u27 aftetwardi-the; tsteeaJ) . ; , A CAIJF0Ej,-IA colosy. gles: meting and -overlapping very j SSM Theasadena Colony,:located . ! small ditches, through which the--waterisj southi?cei*t corner of.the wttknoia\u27.\u27S: 1 disl.buted to-.each tree.-.;Or,, .where, the,.! j Pasqual Eancho, is:searce three years -and is nearly level,-tne whole \u27 craripus-antagomsnr. )I;believ0 there*ai some 15,000 people here, and some of their buildings are rather fine, but the gardens and thersky interested me more, A palm is seen\u27here arid there poisihg4.ts royal crown in the rich light, and the banana, with its magnificent ribbon leaves, producing a marked, tropical effect; not \ semi-tropical, as they are o fond of say- i ing here while speaking of. their fruits, j Nothing I have yet noticed strikes me as I j semi, save the brusque little bits of civil- J ization with which the wilderness is j ejieckered.. These are semi-barbarous or t lijs\u27-everything else in the- region hasduririg;| j their rollmg.-stone.daySjmanagedforgather | *At I sufficient., gold. moss,Axi pnrcliase frem.-| ;\u27 f ten to forty acres of land. , They . i-iiey: l newly;: throughout th& county?for thetetej;found life, work like ants in. a. -sunny| m K.,oJlioon oV*r\Ti*T &.C\\u27 rr..rft.93-nfrr-*t rtoondav.and. lookinsr far ii of twelve yeara~.\u27The\u27.~ averagefeTjSice i i are perfectly hilarious in their \u27I. have rambledj?--sa*d he,- j we left college, tasting baihi- j years has been .about §20\u27 or-S~per . I thousand; and, inasmuch as the-. area j adapted to-orange-culture: is limitedit-is j I hoped that thi3 price map not greatfefali ! i\u27forrmany years. . -... - jgge~-\ Sl lemon and lime arealso cultivated ; j\u27hefi) some=exteht, and corisiderafati- ; i_teirSon is how being given to the J|K)rMa ; banana, and the olive, almond j lish-walnut:SwBE thSorange ; heavily overshadows.-every- otier-; ! vines have of late years been so yj \u27! erative;t&ey are-seldoHi-;,.meBttcai noonday,and, looking far into the fakrre. j- hopefully count their orange chieka.;ten\u27,{l years or more before thejg are-.\u27hatched;; m supporting therhselvesin&he meantime?!: on. theroduoL-afevaes-lof aUalfa.| Itgeth?rwi|h?garden Vegetables and thfe\u27 fquick-growing, frnrts, such-§sgs, grapeaP tapples; .etc., the whole reinforced by the remaining dollars of their \u27Wid purchase money. - There is nothing wrje, reniark- ablein the\u27charaeter of th&seoTony than ft-j j.-the literary and scientific taste displayed?! sij The conversation of most I hay*met here s ! is seasoned with\u27a sma of mental ozonej\u27t 0 itieaalt,..Tflieh. stretenre.as; &eihg- rare § amofig-thtiSerj of Cafiforniasot}.;. J?p-ii 5 \u27# n|!l pKLoofcnMJr.rfecnjSfig fciii general, it wiU appeor at oriee that J with.all iek-uiupauttia advantages they j .lie beyond the reach of poor settlers, not? onlyiori Recount\u27 oE-thtgh price of irri- \u27 -gable larids—L06 per jcre and upwards -—bilk because of the. scarcity of labor.; A ?settlerrwiili -eftly three\u27 ir-four thousand \u27dpllaraiwould. be penniless after paying TfqcStwentyacreaof orarge land and build- jing\u27edE-so plain a houaej.:.while many .years wouldgobyere- his trees-yielded .arriricomeadequate to the uiaifitenance of his.family.** \u27 S\y\u27~\u27-.\u27jZ\u27 t \u27 Nbeis there aythixiig\u27 sufiiciently redwing in. the fine, climate, to form. a reli- Ha&Ie inducement for very sick people. 3STost of-this class, fronrall I can learn, cwrjjc here only to die-ii5d surety- ft :s-43irf Abetter to dje.comfortably at home, avoid- jing the thousand discomforts of travel, at a time whete\u27they-are\u27so-hard to bear. It / iaindeed.pijjujito see\u27 so many invalids I ialready!bnthe . verge of the grave;making \u27a paixiulif?-tO;qM\u27|sk climates, hoping itij change ~age to youth, and the darken- ang\u27i-yaiight of their, day to?morning.- No \u27:-sttctf health fountain has been, found, and this ciimate.line.-AS it is, seems, like most otherSftobedtedfprweU people orilyi i\From~ all X rouldlindV. cut. regarding its Ainnnehtrrrjatiemsering. :from ;:piumbriarySroitiesi\u27 \u27it feldotn - bene- ?ficial ;\to\u27_- atryvgrfeat\u27 extents in- advanced f\u27caaes. :- Tne-edea; windsxe\u27less, fatal j |to thisrelaasj;6fe attfferera thanrthe corres pjondmg:wihda; further north,.but, not-..: Ivwifchstandingtheys\u27ar.e. tetupered on- their „passage inlanddver warm; dry ground,- \u27 yare still rhore-or-lesa.iSiurioua.- . -. fKThestmOTer.cTiinate\u27of their and pirie Jiwbodsi; of; ttoTiarrA-Nevada- would, I nthink,.-be- found infinitely more.reviying; \u27but because, these-woods havei riot\u27 been advertised like patent medicines,few seem to-think of the spicy; vivifyinginfluencea that.pervade their foTmtain.-beauty. -- *&&&***&& *OHN\u27.-Mcir, \https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/1061/thumbnail.jp