▁one ▁book ▁that ▁I ▁would ▁rather ▁have ▁produced ▁than ▁all ▁my ▁nov els . ▁That ▁is ▁the ▁Clement s ▁bot any ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁wild flow ers ▁of ▁the ▁west " ▁( by ▁which ▁she ▁probably ▁means ▁Rock y ▁Mountain ▁Flow ers ). ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁eight y - six , ▁Clement s ▁published ▁a ▁l ively ▁mem oir , ▁Advent ures ▁in ▁E col ogy : ▁Half ▁a ▁Mill ion ▁Mil es : ▁From ▁M ud ▁to ▁Mac ad am , ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁told ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁" two ▁plant ▁e colog ists ▁who ▁lived ▁and ▁worked ▁together ." ▁It ▁is ▁extremely ▁reve aling ▁in ▁showing ▁how ▁many ▁jobs ▁Clement s ▁under to ok ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁couple ' s ▁joint ▁exped itions , ▁r anging ▁from ▁ch auff eur , ▁mechan ic , ▁cook , ▁and ▁st en ograph er ▁to ▁photograph er , ▁artist , ▁and ▁botan ist . ▁Indeed , ▁Freder ic ▁himself ▁was ▁of ▁the ▁opinion ▁that ▁Clement s ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁ranked ▁among ▁the ▁world ' s ▁top ▁e colog ists ▁had ▁she ▁spent ▁less ▁time ▁assist ing ▁his ▁career . ▁ ▁Clement s ' s ▁w ry ▁style ▁is ▁evident ▁in ▁this ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁departure ▁of ▁one ▁expedition : ▁ ▁Friend ly ▁neighb ors ▁stood ▁around , ▁offering ▁advice , ▁warnings ▁and ▁glo omy ▁prop he cies ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁bet s ▁on ▁the ▁impos s ibility ▁of ▁finding ▁space ▁in ▁one ▁car ▁for