CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

 pale brow of the veiled and affli6led 

 virgin praying on a tomb. It forbids 

 most striftly the tints of summer, of too 

 youthful, ardent and serene a life, of a 

 health too joyous and expansive. In no 

 case will it consent to hilarious vermil- 

 ions, impetuous scarlets, imperious and 

 dazzling purples. As for the blues, from 

 the azure of the dawn to the indigo of 

 the sea and the deep lakes, from the 

 periwinkle to the borage and the corn- 

 flower, they are banished on pain of 

 death. 



