OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS 



/Besides these, above, all around, on 

 the walls, in the hedges, among the ar- 

 bours, along the branches, like a peo- 

 ple of sportive monkeys and birds, the 

 climbing plants make merry, perform 

 feats of gymnastics, play at swinging, 

 at losing and recovering their balance, 

 at falling, at flying, at looking up at 

 space, at reaching beyond the treetops 

 to kiss the sky. Here we have the Span- 

 ish Bean and the Sweet Pea, quite proud 

 at being no longer included among the 

 vegetables ; the modest Volubilis ; the 

 Honeysuckle, whose scent represents 

 the soul of the dew; the Clematis and 

 the Glycine; while, at the windows, 

 between the white curtains, along the 

 stretched string, the Campanula, sur- 



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