A BUNCH OF HERBS 211 



But weeds have this virtue : they are not easily 

 discouraged ; they never lose heart entirely ; they 

 die game. If they cannot have the best, they will 

 take up with the poorest ; if fortune is unkind to 

 them to-day, they hope for better luck to-morrow ; 

 if they cannot lord it over a corn-hill, they will sit 

 humbly at its foot and accept what comes ; in all 

 cases they make the most of their opportunities. 



