"I am exceedingly fond of flowers; they have been my only amusement except the training of my pets.

You can see how little women have to do, how little occupation or interest is permitted us.

The rearing of rare flowers, or the creation of new ones, is almost the only employment in which we can find exercise for such intelligence as we possess.

I had never seen before the flower that grew on that shelf.

I believe, indeed, that it only grows on a few of our higher mountains below the snow-line, and I was anxious to bring it home and see what could be made of it in the garden.