A further instance of extreme severity 

 was in the case of P. Munatius, who 

 was condemned by the Triumvirate to 

 be put in chains for having robbed the 

 statue of Marsyas of its garlands, and 

 crowning himself with them. 



In the literature of the past are 

 countless allusions to the estimation in 

 which such garlands are held, and it 

 may be remembered that Montesquieu 

 remarked that it was with two or three 

 hundred crowns of oak-leaves that 

 Rome conquered the world. 



To-day we show honour by throw- 

 ing garlands to those that charm us on 

 the mimic stage, and there are many 

 links, if we would but search them 

 out, between the symbolism of the 

 past and our usages of to-day. 



In some parts of England wreaths of 



tulips have been used till recent days to 



garland wells on Holy Thursday. In 



the north of France the cherry boughs 



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