But for all that regarded the dignity of her humanity and her womanhood, if she had had no teaching but what he gave her, her mind would have been merely "an Unweeded garden that grows to seed."
"Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood"
George MacDonald
Vegetation, rank and gross as in an Unweeded garden, requires vigorous lopping and pruning.
"The Confessions of a Beachcomber"
E J Banfield