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The widely scattered tribes known as the `Diggers, take their name from the fact of their digging for, and living upon, these roots. "The flowers now came out in full bloom; and some of the openings near the upper end of the valley were a sight to behold. They were literally covered with beautiful blossoms malvas, cleomes, asclepiae, and helianthi.
There were blue lupins and golden helianthi. There were malvas and purple monardas, and flowers of the cotton-rose, five inches in diameter.
Sometimes the flowers grew upon tall stalks that stood thickly together, and reached up to the shoulders of the horses, completely hiding them from the view of one at a distance. Sometimes the travellers passed through beds of helianthi alone whose large heads, brushing against their thighs, covered them with yellow pollen-dust.
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