H. D. Thoreau, Journal, July 31, 1853
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Flowering season closes
July 31. I calculate that less than forty species of flowers known to me remain to blossom this year.
Less than forty species of flowers known to me remain to blossom this year. See July 26, 1853 ("I reckon that about nine tenths of the flowers of the year have now blossomed")
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