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.

位左眼睑上有疣的店员，位身穿磨损制服的墨西哥侍者从加州尘土扬的胶厂后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、、胶树和铁线很受欢迎，因为它们能在寒冷、阴暗的欧洲家庭中生存。