Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (2 of 5)
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only fruit tree, with the spine of timber like were fermate junipers. I noticed on the way up a few cypress trees of small size but more than Armentigerous Tree. Near the Rectory, on cliffs at the base of the same mountain I saw many resurrection plants like those which caused so furnested so much amuse in my boyhood when revived by plunging in water. The cliff in place were covered thickly by this moss-like plant. Among the rocks simple, near the cliff and I saw some large linden trees growing, the meadow in which we are camped is an arm of herbs (mushy-druid + symetr seed). In the spring there is done radically many flowers in blossom here. The only flowers I have noticed are few agulatio + dark-jones we counted about 1,000 feet above