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Photo by George R. King 



YUCCA : SIERRA MADR£, CALIFORNIA 



"Southward the desert runs to yucca, grotesque shapes that march with the train for 

 leagues upon leagues, flinging their shrunken arms like posturing dwarfs. Elsewhere cactus 

 chaparral clothes the nakedness of the land, and, in its season, this blossoms into sudden 

 beauty. The yellow blooms of the huisiche, vermilion tips of the okatillci, and the magenta 

 buds of the nopal . . splash the dull green of the sage-brush with color" (see text, 

 page 57) 



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