May-July 1877, Travels in Utah, etc. Image 39

Creator

John Muir

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The [smoothing] [slopes] [ ] roughened with fragment or rocks from the cliffs when abruptly [shelving].

The sunbeams seem to thicken & gather about [these] golden flrs

[ ] [ ] lil cherry & gladding [wheat] with its [simple] beauty like a bird with its song.

Fritillaria pudica, spreng. Lvs [leaves] linear obtuse, deep yel [yellow] campanulate often solitary- Fritillaria atropurpurea 1 to 9. Flrd [flowered] greenish white or yel [yellow] [ ]. Calochortus Nuttallii “(Sego)” [lily]

Calochortus ? purple larger than last in Escalante desert

Erythronium grandiflorum pursh [pur]

Zigadenus glaucus [Fremontii]

Zigadenus paniculatus Arnianthium Nuttallii Grey

Date Original

1877

Source

Original journal dimensions: 8.5 x 14 cm.

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MuirReel25Journal02P073-074.tif

Publisher

Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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