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ite Family of the plain. It remains in flower un- 

 til November, uniting with an eriogonum that 

 continues the floral chain across December to 

 the spring plants of January. Thus, although 

 nearly all of the year's plant-life is crowded into 

 February, March, and April, the flower circle 

 around the Twenty Hill Hollow is never broken. 

 The Hollow may easily be visited by tourists 

 en route for Yosemite, as it is distant only about 

 six miles from Snelling's. It is at all seasons in- 

 teresting to the naturalist; but it has little that 

 would interest the majority of tourists earlier 

 than January or later than April. If you wish to 

 see how much of light, life, and joy can be got 

 into a January, go to this blessed Hollow. If 

 you wish to see a plant-resurrection, — myriads 

 of bright flowers crowding from the ground, 

 like souls to a judgment, — go to Twenty Hills 

 in February. If you are traveling for health, 

 play truant to doctors and friends, fill your 

 pocket with biscuits, and hide in the hills of 

 the Hollow, lave in its waters, tan in its golds, 

 bask in its flower-shine, and your baptisms will 



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