If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weeds.

如果我们对待植物像对待孩子一样漫不经心，我们现在就会生活在杂草丛生的丛林里。

The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow.

最好的肥料是园丁的影子。

We must remember that in nature there are neither rewards nor punishments—there are consequences.

我们必须记住，在自然界中既没有奖励也没有惩罚——只有后果。

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

种一棵树最好的时间是二十年前，其次是现在。

Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb, brooks to wade in, water lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets; and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of education.

每个孩子都应该玩泥饼、捉蚱蜢、玩水虫、养蝌蚪、抓青蛙、玩泥龟、采接骨木果、摘野草莓、捡橡子、采栗子、爬树、涉溪、赏睡莲、观察土拨鼠、蝙蝠、蜜蜂、蝴蝶，养各种小动物，在干草场玩耍，捡松果，滚石头，玩沙子，抓蛇，采越橘和胡蜂窝；任何被剥夺了这些乐趣的孩子，都被剥夺了教育中最美好的部分。

Nature is a wonderful teacher, and if we will only be patient and observe, she will reveal her secrets to us.

大自然是一位了不起的老师，只要我们耐心观察，她就会向我们揭示她的秘密。

I shall be content if, because of me, there shall be better fruits and fairer flowers.

如果因为我，能有更好的果实和更美的花朵，我就心满意足了。

The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.

改良植物育种的秘诀，除了科学知识外，就是爱。

Heredity is nothing but stored environment.

遗传不过是储存的环境。

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.

花朵总能让人们变得更好、更快乐、更乐于助人；它们是心灵的阳光、食物和良药。