【英文原文】

Texas Wildflowers, Texas, 1999

"Deep in the heart of Texas, the Hill Country's limestone heights bend with the Balcones Escarpment and unfold west for some 200 miles [320 kilometers]. The rocky terrain has its soft spots; spring-fed rivers overflow with bass, catfish, and perch. And nowhere else in Texas is the show of wildflowers, such as purple vervain and fiery Indian blanket, more profuse—and striking—than here."

—From "Texas Hill Country," April 1999, National Geographic magazine

【中文翻譯】

在德克薩斯州的中心地帶深處，丘陵地的石灰巖高地沿著貝爾克奈斯懸崖向西延伸約200英里（322公里）。巖石地帶也有它柔和的地方；泉水匯成的小河中溢滿鱸魚、鯰魚與河鱸。在得克薩斯州，沒有其他任何地方的野花景象如紫色的馬鞭草和火紅的虎皮菊，比這里更爛漫和鮮艷奪目了。

——摘自1999年《國家地理雜志》4月號《德克薩斯州的丘陵地》