Time passed.One day,Ma went to the south yard where T'ao lived and found the once desolate garden overflowing with chrysanthemums.Ma examined the plants carefully and saw they had been grown from plants he had discarded.Amazed,Ma implored T'ao to teach him the art of horticulture,but T'ao replied,"It cannot be taught.Besides,why do you ask?You don't make your living from selling flowers!"