TO AN INSIGNIFICANT FLOWER OBSCURELY BLOOMING IN A LONELY WILD
...And though thou seem'st a weedling wild,
Wild and neglected like to me,
Thou still art dear to Nature's child,
And I will stop to notice thee.

For oft, like thee, in wild retreat,
Array'd in humble garb like thee,
There's many a seeming weed proves sweet,
As sweet as garden-flowers can be.

And, like to thee, each seeming weed
Flowers in regarded; like to thee,
Without improvement, runs to seed,
Wild and neglected like to me.

--JOHN CLARE

The growth of perennial weeds, particularly of a fleshy kind, can be discouraged by allowing them to grow happily till just about to flower and then harvesting them and laying them back again thickly on the surface of the roots...

---OLD WIVES' LORE FOR GARDENERS

When for some reason it is necessary to transplant at a time of year that is really too cold, puddle the plants in using hot water instead of cold. This, surprisingly, really does not damage the roots.

---OLD WIVES' LORE FOR GARDENERS

Birds have wings; they can travel, mix and standardize their populations...On the other hand, flowers are rooted to the earth. They are often separated by broad barriers of unsuitable environment from other "stations" of their own species.

---A FIELD GUIDE TO WILDFLOWERS

How fair is a garden amid the trials and passions of existence.

--- BENJAMIN DISRAELI