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 154 Sloan's .Architectural Review and Builders' Journal. [August, of the room, as, falling first to the floor, it forces the foul air up, and out at the ceiling : or, when the fresh and cooler air comes in at the top — as it ought to do, when it is possible to have it so arranged — then, by having a rapid ex- haustion from the floor, the foul air is removed at once, on being thrown from the lungs ; and the whole room is kept filled with the pure air. The nearer the temperature of the in- flowing or fresh air is to the tempera- ture of the room, the less difference it makes, as to the position of the escap- ing air, and the more diffused it may be throughout the apartment As before remarked, it is folly to imagine, that we shall discover some automatic ventilating machine, that will keep us supplied, at all times, with per- fectly pure air. Instead of this object- less and wasteful musing, we must first carefully study the subject ; and then we will learn, little by little, how to accommodate ourselves, at all times, with pure air, without unpleasant draughts, by varying our arrangements, for the supply thereof, as we vary our clothing, according to the variations of temperature. It certainly is to be hoped, that we shall lose no time, in applying ourselves with real earnestness, to the study of — how we can best supply ourselves — each individual for himself — with air suf- ficiently pure, to sustain the body in half of its full vigor, which, according to the late reports of the Board of Health, is not done in this city.* As reported, last month, over 60 per cent, of the deaths in Brooklyn, and over 50 per cent, of those in New York, were occasioned by foul air. Is it not about time we began to wake up to the magnitude of this scourge of foul air ? The Los Angeles Vineyards. — It is the vineyards and orange and lemon orchards that make Los Angeles the garden spot of California. Just imagine a collection of gardens, six miles square, and producing at all times of the year almost every thing that grows under the sun. One of the largest and most beautiful places in the city is the Wolfs- kin Vineyards, containing 2,000 orange trees, 1,000 lemon trees, 500 walnut, 100 fig, and 100 lime trees, and 55,000 grape vines. Near by is the vineyard of Mr. Childs, containing 500 orange, 100 lemon, 500 apple, 500 pear, and the same number each of peach, plum, nec- tarine, apricot, olive, walnut, and chest- nut trees, and 10,000 vines. Bight in the heart of the city is Don Mateo Kel- ler's place, containing 100,000 grape vines, 1,000 lemon, and 500 orange, 100 lime, 100 olive, 200 walnut, and 100 fig trees, and all of the other variety of fruits known in the South and in the semi-tropics. He also raises hops, cot- ton, and tobacco, wheat, barley, corn, all kinds of vegetables, and every thing of the berry tribe. Last fall Mr. Keller made 100,000 gallons of wine and nearly as much brandy. A few miles from the city a Mr. Bose has a vineyard of 200,000 grape vines. Near him is the vineyard of Colonel Kewen, containing 15,000 vines, 800 walnut, 500 orange, and 300 each of lemon and olive trees. It must be recollected that from a little elevation in the centre of this garden city may be seen the broad Pacific upon the one hand, and upon the other, two hundred miles of mountain covered with snow. No such picture can be seen upon the Mediterranean Sea. Hiram Powers has completed a statue of Edward Everett, which he would have given to Boston but for the criticisms upon his statue of Web- ster.
 * That is, Sew YorK.