A clerk with a wart on his left eyelid nodded and a Mexican bellhop in a frayed uniform coat came forward from behind the dustiest rubber plant in California to take my bags.

一位左眼睑上有疣的店员点点头，一位身穿磨损制服的墨西哥侍州尘土扬的橡面走上前来拿我的包。

Ivies, ferns, rubber plants, and cast-iron plants were popular because they could survive in cold, dark European homes.

常春藤、蕨类、橡树和铁线蕨很受欢迎，因为它们能在寒冷、阴暗的欧洲家庭中生存。