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Quotation from The Mountains of California by John Muir
“The Great Central Plain of California, during the months of March, April, and May, was one smooth, continuous bed of honey-bloom, so marvelously rich that, in walking from one end of it to the other, a distance of more than 400 miles, your foot would press about a hundred flowers at every step.”
The Mountains of California, Chapter XVI (Project Gutenberg #10012)
The opening of the last chapter, describing the valley as it was before plowing and grazing.
Citation: "The Great Central Plain of California, during the months of March, April, and May, was one smooth, continuous bed of honey-bloom, so marvelously rich that, in walking from one end of it to the other, a distance of more than 400 miles, your foot would press about a hundred flowers at every step." — John Muir, The Mountains of California, Chapter XVI (Project Gutenberg #10012). (id the-mountains-of-california-q7)
Portrait: John Muir 1912, Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
