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La Cañada Flintridge is a city in Los Angeles County
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, California
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, United States
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. The population was 20,318 at the 2000 census. Its ZIP code of 91011 ranks the city as the 85th most expensive city to live in the United States with a median home sale price of $1.25 million in 2008.

name for La Cañada Flintridge comes from the Spanish word cañada, meaning gorge, ravine. In Spanish, this has a tilde
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 (ñ
N

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) and is ; the English pronunciation is .






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La Cañada Flintridge is a city in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, United States
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. The population was 20,318 at the 2000 census. Its ZIP code of 91011 ranks the city as the 85th most expensive city to live in the United States with a median home sale price of $1.25 million in 2008.

Pronunciation

The name for La Cañada Flintridge comes from the Spanish word cañada, meaning gorge, ravine. In Spanish, this has a tilde
Tilde

The tilde is a grapheme with several uses. The name of the character comes from Spanish language, from the Latin wikt:titulus meaning a title or superscription, though the term ?tilde? has evolved in that language and now has a different meaning in Linguistics....
 (ñ
N

N is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled en ....
) and is ; the English pronunciation is . Roughly, it is pronounced "can yaddah" or "ken yaddah". "Flintridge" is simply pronounced as the two English words "flint" and "ridge", but does not refer to an outcropping ridge of flint (see history section).

Geography

La Cañada Flintridge is located at (34.206047, -118.199499).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 22.4 km² (8.6 mi²), all land.

The city is situated in the eastern end of the Crescenta Valley
Crescenta Valley

The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest....
, sometimes referred to as the Crescenta-Cañada Valley. It is nestled between the San Gabriel Mountains
San Gabriel Mountains

The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County, California and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Mojave Desert....
 and Angeles National Forest
Angeles National Forest

The Angeles National Forest was established on July 1, 1908, incorporating the first San Bernardino National Forest and parts of Santa Barbara National Forest and San Gabriel National Forests....
 on the north, and the San Rafael Hills on the south. Most of the city drains southeastward toward Pasadena
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
 to Arroyo Seco, but the western part of the city (generally west of Alta Canyada Road) drains southward toward Glendale
Glendale, California

Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley, is bisected by the Verdugo Mountains, and is a suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
 via Verdugo Canyon. Both drainages join the Los Angeles River
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The Los Angeles River starts in San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Mountains, and Santa Susana Mountains and flows through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles southeast to its mouth in Long Beach, California....
 north of downtown Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

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.

La Cañada Flintridge varies in elevation
Elevation

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 from about 970 feet (295 m) just below Devil's Gate Dam in the Arroyo Seco to about 2400 feet (730 m) at the highest neighborhood, along the mountain front east of Pickens Canyon, at the upper end of Ocean View Blvd. The city limits extend into the San Gabriel Mountains and reach 3440 feet (1050 m) along Mount Lukens Road, which follows the crest line well above the developed city.

The city is home to Descanso Gardens
Descanso Gardens

Descanso Gardens located in La Ca?ada Flintridge, California, California is a 25 acre camellia forest.At one time the property of the newspaper magnate E....
 and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a List of federally funded research and development centers and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, California, United States....
.

Weather

The climate of La Cañada Flintridge is typical of a Southern California
Southern California

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 inland valley, with mild winters and hot summers. Spring often has hazy days, in contrast to the more persistently clear weather of fall. On average, the warmest month is August with high temperatures (F) in the low 90s and lows in the low 60s. December and January are the coolest months with typical highs in the high 60s (F) and lows in the mid-40s. Rainfall occurs mostly during winter, averaging about 22 inches annually. Rainfall is rare in summer. Temperature buffering effects of the ocean (22 miles, 35 km, away) are limited due to the city's location inland from the intervening Santa Monica Mountains
Santa Monica Mountains

The Santa Monica Mountains are a low Transverse Ranges in Southern California California in the United States....
 and the Verdugo Mountains
Verdugo Mountains

The Verdugo Mountains are a small mountain range located just south of the western San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, California, Southern California, United States....
 and San Rafael Hills. Consequently, summers are generally hotter and winters are often cooler than in coastal parts of metropolitan Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 if winds are calm or blowing gently offshore. Occasional strong offshore winds, known as Santa Ana winds, can be particularly hot in summer and fall as air from the deserts crosses the mountains and descends, thus warming further by adiabatic heating. Summer and early fall temperatures are substantially cooler if airflow is persistently onshore. Occasionally during a cold winter storm, the upper elevations of the city may see trace amounts of snow. The small ski resorts Mountain High
Mountain High

Mountain High resort is a winter resort in the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County in California. Mountain High is the most-visited resort in Southern California....
, Mount Baldy
Mount Baldy

Mount Baldy or Baldy Mountain may refer to:* Baldy Mountain , also known as "Mount Baldy"* Baldy Mountain * Baldy Mountain * Mount Baldy in Alberta, Canada...
, and Mount Waterman
Mount Waterman

Mount Waterman is a skiing area on Waterman Mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California. It is located on State Route 2, Angeles Crest Highway....
 are located about 30 miles to the northeast.

History

During the Spanish era, the area was known as Rancho La Cañada, or the Ranch of the Gorge.

Prior to the city's incorporation in 1976, the area consisted of two distinct communities, La Cañada and Flintridge (the latter named after developer and United States Senator Frank P. Flint
Frank P. Flint

Frank Putnam Flint was a politician and banker. He served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1897 to 1901 and as a United States Senate from California from 1905 until 1911....
). Flintridge comprises the southern part of the city, covering the northern flank of the San Rafael Hills, but more generally including most areas south of Foothill Blvd. The eastern part of the city, even north of Foothill Blvd., was also originally considered Flintridge and is still home to the Flintridge Riding Club and Flintridge Preparatory School
Flintridge Preparatory School

Flintridge Preparatory School, familiarily known as Prep, is a nonprofit, independent college preparatory day school for grades 7-12. Founded in 1933, it is located within the city limits of La Canada Flintridge, California, at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains....
. Reference to the entire city is often shortened to just 'La Cañada' but seldom to just 'Flintridge'. The full city name specifically does not have a hyphen in it, to illustrate unity between the communities that were once separately known as La Cañada and Flintridge.

La Cañada Flintridge had the longest city name in California with 18 letters until the year 2000, when the title was ceded to Rancho Santa Margarita.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 20,318 people, 6,823 households, and 5,690 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

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 was 906.9/km² (2,348.9/mi²). There were 6,989 housing units at an average density of 312.0/km² (808.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 65.53% White
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.36% Black
Race (United States Census)

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 or African American
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.18% Native American
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, 31.57% Asian
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, 0.04% Pacific Islander
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, 1.01% from other races
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, and 3.31% from two or more races. 4.80% of the population was Hispanic or Latino
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 of any race.

There were 6,823 households out of which 44.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.7% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.6% were non-families. 14.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the city the population was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 30.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $128,113, and the median income for a family was $154,854. This makes La Canada Flintridge the 18th most affluent city in the United States of America, according to www.forbes.com Males had a median income of $92,760 versus $57,321 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

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 for the city was $52,838. About 3.6% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

La Canada Flintridge has been home to many celebrities over the years, including Mark Geragos
Mark Geragos

Mark John Geragos is an American criminal law Lawyer best known for defending the musician Michael Jackson, actress Winona Ryder, politician Gary Condit, and Susan McDougal, who was involved in the Whitewater scandal....
, Ron Howard
Ron Howard

Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an Academy Award-winning American film director and film producer as well as an actor. Howard came to prominence in the 1960s while playing Andy Griffith's TV son, Opie Taylor, on The Andy Griffith Show , and later in the 1970s as Howard Cunningham's son and Arthur Fonzarelli's best friend, Richie Cunningha...
, Haley Joel Osment
Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment is an United States actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, including a small part in Forrest Gump playing the title character?s son, Osment rose to fame with his performance as Cole Sear in M....
, his sister, Emily Osment
Emily Osment

Emily Jordan Osment is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Following in her older brother's footsteps, she got a big break in the early 2000s when she co-starred as Gerti Giggles in the Spy Kids trilogy, and her performance in the Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over earned her several nominations and awards....
, Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner

Kevin Michael Costner is an United States actor, film producer, and Academy Award-winning film director. He has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards, won two Oscars and a Golden Globe Award....
, Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus

Miley Ray Cyrus is a Golden Globe and Critic's Choice Award nominated United States singer, and Actor. Cyrus is better known for starring as Miley Stewart in the television series Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel....
, and her father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus

Billy Ray Cyrus is a Grammy Award-nominated American country music singer, songwriter and actor from Flatwoods, Kentucky, best known for his Number One single "Achy Breaky Heart." Cyrus, a Music recording sales certification, has scored a total of eight top-ten singles on the U.S....
 who have since moved to Toluca Lake
Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California

Toluca Lake is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, north of downtown Los Angeles. Toluca Lake started out as farmland but today is home to affluent residents....
. Three of Walt Disney's top animators, Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas

Frank Thomas may refer to:* Frank Thomas , Major League Baseball player in the American League since 1990* Frank Thomas , Major League Baseball player in the National League from 1951?1966...
, Ollie Johnston
Ollie Johnston

Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr. was an United States motion picture animation. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last to pass away. His work was recognized with the National Medal of Arts in 2005....
 and Eric Larson
Eric Larson

Eric Larson was an animator for the The Walt Disney Company#Studio Entertainment starting in 1933 and was one of the "Disney's Nine Old Men."...
 settled here. Currently several prominent animators and TV news personalities make La Canada Flintridge their home. It is also a popular filming location, where parts of movies such as "American Pie", "Date Movie", "Old School", and the 1946 Frank Capra
Frank Capra

'Frank Russell Capra' was an Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It's a Wonderful Life and Mr....
 / James Stewart (actor)
James Stewart (actor)

James Maitland Stewart , popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an United States film and stage actor best known for his self-effacing persona....
 holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life is an United States film produced and directed by Frank Capra and loosely based on the short story "The Greatest Gift " written by Philip Van Doren Stern....
" have been shot. La Canada is also the home of current MLB infielder Rafael Furcal
Rafael Furcal

Rafael Antonio Furcal , nicknamed "Fookie", is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers....
 and former MLB pitcher Jae Seo.

Education

The La Cañada Unified School District
La Cañada Unified School District

The La Ca?ada Unified School District is located in La Ca?ada Flintridge, California, Los Angeles County, California, United States.The schools in the district are:...
 serves most of the city. Three public schools serve grades K-6: La Cañada Elementary, Palm Crest Elementary, and Paradise Canyon Elementary School. The public high school, La Cañada High School
La Cañada High School

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, which also serves as a middle school (grades 7-8), is a 2004 Blue Ribbon School and is ranked as one of the top 100 high schools in the country. In addition, a small portion of the city is served by the Glendale Unified School District
Glendale Unified School District

The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California, United States.The school district serves the city of Glendale, portions of the city of La Ca?ada Flintridge, California and the unincorporated communities of La Crescenta-Montrose, California....
, with La Cañada Flintridge students attending Mountain Avenue Elementary School (a 2005 Blue Ribbon School), Rosemont Middle School, Clark Magnet High School
Clark Magnet High School

Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School is an United States High school located at 4747 New York Avenue in La Crescenta-Montrose, California. The school is managed as a part of the Glendale Unified School District....
 (a 2005 California Distinguished School
California Distinguished School

A California Distinguished School is an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational programs....
), and Crescenta Valley High School
Crescenta Valley High School

Crescenta Valley High School is a secondary school located at 2900 Community Avenue in La Crescenta-Montrose, California, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States....
 (a 2005 California Distinguished School
California Distinguished School

A California Distinguished School is an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational programs....
). The city is also home to many private schools including the very highly regarded St. Francis High School, Flintridge-Sacred Heart Academy
Flintridge-Sacred Heart Academy

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is a private all-girls Catholic High School run by the Dominican Order sisters of Mission San Jose. It is located in La Canada Flintridge, CA on 41 acres near the San Gabriel Mountains in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles....
, and Flintridge Preparatory School
Flintridge Preparatory School

Flintridge Preparatory School, familiarily known as Prep, is a nonprofit, independent college preparatory day school for grades 7-12. Founded in 1933, it is located within the city limits of La Canada Flintridge, California, at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains....
.

Media

La Cañada is served by two distinct weekly newspapers: La Cañada Valley Sun, owned by Times Community News, a division of the Los Angeles Times; and La Cañada Outlook, owned by La Cañada News, Inc. Both newspapers publish on Thursdays. The La Cañada Valley Sun has a sister paper, the Crescenta Valley Sun, published Fridays.

City Government

La Cañada Flintridge is governed by the City Council
City council

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, which has five councilmembers, each elected to overlapping four-year terms. Each year, the City Council
City council

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 selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and one to serve as Mayor Pro-Tem for terms of one year. The City Council
City council

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 is aided by five commissions and two committees, each with its own area of responsibility. In addition, the City Council
City council

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 appoints the City Manager
City manager

A city manager is an official appointed as the Administration Management of a city, in a Council-manager government form of city government. Called the chief administrative officer in some municipalities....
, City Attorney, City Treasurer, and all members of its advisory bodies. It also serves as the governing board for the Public Improvement Corporation, the Redevelopment Agency, the LCF Local Financing Authority, and Sanitation Districts No. 28 and No. 34.

The Current Members of the City Council are:
  • Mayor: Stephen A. Del Guercio
  • Mayor Pro-Tem: Laura Olhasso
  • Councilmember: Greg Brown
  • Councilmember: David Spence
  • Councilmember: Donald Voss


The City Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the La Cañada Flintridge City Hall.

Politics

In the state legislature
California State Legislature

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 La Cañada Flintridge is located in the 21st Senate
California State Senate

The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Sacramento, California....
 District, represented by Democrat Jack Scott
Jack Scott

Jack Scott is an Canadian/American singer and songwriter. He was the first white rock and roll national star to come out of Detroit, Michigan, Michigan....
, and in the 44th Assembly
California State Assembly

The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000....
 District, represented by Democrat Anthony J. Portantino
Anthony J. Portantino

Anthony J. Portantino , has represented California's 44th assembly district since December 2006. He is a United States Democratic Party....
. Federally, La Cañada Flintridge is located in California's 26th congressional district
California's 26th congressional district

The California 26th Congressional District spans the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley from La Ca?ada Flintridge, California to Rancho Cucamonga, California....
, which has a Cook PVI
Cook Partisan Voting Index

The Cook Partisan Voting Index , sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index , is a measurement of how strongly an United States congressional district leans toward one political party compared to the nation as a whole....
 of R +4 and is represented by Republican David Dreier
David Dreier

David Timothy Dreier , United States politician, has been a United States Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since January 1981, representing California's 26th congressional district ....
.

Community organizations

La Cañada has many clubs, religious and social organizations:
  • Cañada Auxiliary of Professionals of Assistance League of Flintridge
  • Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club
  • Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha Upsilon Chapter
  • Flintridge Guild of Children's Hospital
  • Friends of La Cañada Flintridge Library
  • Girl Scout Association of La Cañada
    Scouting in California

    Scouting in California has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live....
  • La Cañada Flintridge Coordinating Council
  • La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild
  • La Cañada Flintridge Trails Council
  • La Cañada Flintridge Women's Club
  • La Cañada Flintridge players club hosted by white syndicate
  • La Cañada High School Drama Parents Association
  • La Cañada High School Music Parents Association
  • La Cañada Junior Women's Club
  • La Cañada Newcomers Club
  • La Cañada Thursday Club
  • La Cañada Valley Beautiful
  • La Crescenta Valley Republican Women Federation
  • Leisure Club of La Cañada Flintridge
  • Lions Club Foundation
  • Los Altos Auxiliary of the Sycamores
  • Rotary Club of La Cañada Flintridge
  • Community Scholarship Foundation of La Cañada Flintridge
  • Special Children's League
  • St. Bede's Parish Council of Women
  • St. Bede's Church Skidettes
  • Verdugo Hills Hospital Volunteers
  • Wellness Community - Foothills
  • Women's Council of Verdugo Hills Hospital & Foundation
  • Towne Singers
  • The Young Republicans of La Canada Flintridge
  • The Young Democrats of La Canada Flintridge


Points of interest

  • La Cañada Flintridge is home to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a List of federally funded research and development centers and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, California, United States....
     (JPL), which is the primary United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    ' research and development center for the robotic exploration of the solar system
    Solar System

    The Solar System consists of the Sun and those Astronomical object bound to it by gravity: the eight planets and five dwarf planets, their 173 known Natural satellite, and billions of Small Solar System body....
    .
  • The first disc golf
    Disc golf

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     course is located in the Hahamonga Watershed Park (formerly known as Oak Grove Park), right outside of La Cañada Flintridge, across the street from La Cañada High School.
  • La Cañada hosts the largest collection of camellia
    Camellia

    Camellia, the camellias, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are native to eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalaya east to Japan and Indonesia....
     species in North America at Descanso Gardens
    Descanso Gardens

    Descanso Gardens located in La Ca?ada Flintridge, California, California is a 25 acre camellia forest.At one time the property of the newspaper magnate E....
    : http://www.descansogardens.org/site/


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