'No trees anywhere,
nothing but these carpets of flowers;
as far as the view extends,
incomparable patterns on the plain;
but the expression, "a carpet of flowers",
has been so abused in application to ordinary meadows
that it has lost the force needed for description here:
zones absolutely pink with large mallows;
marblings white as snow, which are masses of daisies;
streaks of magnificent yellow, which are trails of buttercups.
Never, in any garden, in any artificial English flower bed,
have I seen such a luxuriance of flowers,
such a packed grouping of the same kinds,
giving together such vivid colors.'
Source: Morocco Modern by Herbert YPMA
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