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Nurseryman Ozro Childs laid out his 19th century Los Angeles garden as a grove of conifers, with distinctively shaped species such as columnar Italian cypresses and airy Norfolk Island pines placed in conspicuous positions as specimen trees.

( Thompson and West, History of Los Angeles County, 1887 )

Nurseryman Ozro Childs laid out his 19th century Los Angeles garden as a grove of conifers, with distinctively shaped species such as columnar Italian cypresses and airy Norfolk Island pines placed in conspicuous positions as specimen trees.

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