Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Louie [Wanda Muir]
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Transcription
[2]& showy flrs & forests on bush like herbacious plants made fringes about the palms.Then after passing through these palm forests you come to wide open spaces sparsely planted with the cuban pine which has a round umbrella like head of spreading branches densely clad with long bright green needles while the ground bright with sunshine is covered with a regular crop of dwarf palmeto which seems to take the place of grass. tufts of [wandy?] grasses & the lovely liatris with tall [wandy?] purple spikes of flowers one of my favorites which I have kept in mind all these years since last I was in Florida, rising in the midst. & then along streams there were wonderful belts of woods of many species.[3][letterhead]all lied together & laden with flowery vines.This morning I began botanizing before breakfast - in the open space besides the hotel, lovely flowers in lavish abundance in trampled waste places.Then we got a carriage & drove all forenoon & afternoon over coral roads through the densest pine & palm & laurel & [panpan?] & banyan forests full of bloom unspeakably rich & exuberant & wild. Kirk Munroe the writer lives on the coast in a nice cottage among groves of wild lemon & coco palms about 3 miles from here02502
Location
Miami, Fla.
Date Original
1898-11-14T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 24 x 15 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir10_0485-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0485
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
