CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



shapes and shades which the winter 

 entrusts to the bosom of the sleeping 

 woods; let the unwonted and unex- 

 pefted varieties pass before your eyes ; 

 admire and appraise them. 



Here, for instance, is the marvellous 

 family of the stars: flat stars, bursting 

 stars, diaphanous stars, solid and fleshly 

 stars, milky ways and constellations of 

 the earth that correspond with those of 

 the firmament. Here are the proud 

 plumes that await the diamonds of the 

 dew ; here, to put our dreams to shame, 

 the fascinating poem of unreal tresses : 

 wise, precise and meticulous tresses; 

 mad and miraculous tresses ; honeyed 

 moonbeams, golden bushes and flam- 

 ing whirlpools ; curls of fair and smil- 



