OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN 

 all the glamour of Its premieres amours, to which, in 

 accordance with the old French saw, "on en revient 

 toujours." 



Now, therefore, at Villino Loki, nothing will serve but a 

 Glycine to creep along those walls which are more espe- 

 cially my own / to embrace my south windows and nod in 

 at the casement. And the suave-breathed Eastern beauty, 

 first brought over to the West and god-fathered by Pro- 

 fessor Wister, will privily remain Glycine for me/ although 

 I may draw the indulgent visitor's attention to her under 

 the better-known name of Wisteria Sinensis. I have, by the 

 way, an ever-ready pretext , for I learn from " The Lan- 

 guage of Flowers " that the special significance of this 

 blossom is " Welcome, fair stranger ! " I mean to have a 

 profusion of it, for old sake's sake. Besides, is it not meet 

 that Loki should not be deprived, during his villeggiatura, of 

 the company of some Chinese living thing ? 



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