The Saturday Evening Post

IN PRAISE OF WEEDS

Its various nicknames make it sound like it’s up to no good: creeping Charlie, runaway Robin, gill-over-the-ground. So you reach for the Roundup and douse every inch of your lawn to keep the villainous weed at bay. The light purple flowers of the

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