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garden. Like in Japan, the wistaria season begins 

 with the white wistaria, which has been christened 

 in the Western world Wistaria Japonica, and 

 "it would seem as though this modest white 

 wistaria had been allowed by Nature to bloom 

 so early, for fear she should be overlooked and 

 not appreciated when her more showy successor 

 flings her purple mantle over the land." There 

 are good specimens of this early white variety in 

 the gardens of the Quinta da Levada and the 

 Quinta do Val. 



The variety known as Wistaria multijuga, for 

 which Japan is so justly famous, as it appears to be 

 the only country where its full beauty can be seen, 

 has been introduced with but little success to the 

 island. It is true that it will grow, and grow 

 strong, but its long racemes of thin, pale, washed- 

 out-looking flowers are but a sorry sight to those 

 who have ever seen the far-famed Kameido Temple 

 grounds in Tokyo, when the vines, with their long 

 purple tassels, often over three feet in length, 

 clothe the long trellises and almost smother the 

 guests who sit feasting beneath them, gazing across 

 at the long vista of mauve blossoms reflected in the 

 water below. But even in Japan this far-famed 

 multijuga variety is only to be met with in certain 



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