July 19- "The rich crimson under sides (with their regularly branching veins) of some white lily pads surpasses the color of most flowers. No wonder the spiders are red that swim beneath; and think of the fishes that swim beneath this crimson canopy,beneath a crimson sky. I can frequently trace the passage of a boat,a pickerel fisher, perhaps, by the crimson under sides of the pads unturned.
The pads crowd and overlap each other in the most amicable fashion. Sometimes one lobe of a yellow lily pad is above its neighbor, while the other is beneath. The pads are rapidly consumed, but fresh ones are all the while pushing up and unrolling. They push up and spread out in the least crevice that offers."
This particular passage caught my interest right away from the usage of his color discriptions. Being a biology major I have a great deal of respect for nature and what she has to offer with the many species of animals and plants. Hes very detailed in his observatons throughout the book itself but hes used the color crimson in this particular passage and i simply love how he choose to use it. The lily pads house such unique and beautiful flowers on them and i could only imagine how stunning that setting must have been.
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