“I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.”

—  Edward Abbey , book Desert Solitaire

Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!
"Cliffrose and Bayonets", p. 25
Desert Solitaire (1968)

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American author and essayist 1927–1989

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