A Narcissus for the New Year "China is, indeed, the Mother of Gardens," wrote the English plant collector E.H. Wilson in his memoirs in the 1920s. "The people are endowed with an innate love for flowers and gardens.
「中國，著實是花園之母」，英國知名園藝採集前輩威理森，在二○年代的回憶錄中寫道：中國人似乎擁有與生俱來的愛花天賦，即使最窮的農舍也因栽花而生輝，歷代詩人更寫下了帙卷繁浩的詠花詩。