He could proudly claim that there was not one plant within a mile of himself that he did not know all about, and he was deeply affected when even his neighbor's daffodils or primroses wilted.
「在離我一哩之內的地方，沒有一片花叢我不熟悉；鄰家的水仙與櫻草凋謝，也沒有一次不教我黯然神傷。」