But when in their revels the Satyrs and such 



And fair Dionysos himself had too much, 



The Jap said "The beauty I'll have without wine." 



To his Japanese Jupiter, "Send me a sign, 



Send me, I pray, all the beauty of vine, 



Send me the cluster of purple to twine 



Over a trellis to gladden my soul 



But keep back the wine that the Satyrs control." 



The Japanese Jupiter, sitting above 

 On a lacquer Olympus, send down a dove 

 With a spray of Wistaria purple and sweet. 

 Which fell to the Earth at the little Jap's feet. 



So while Dionysos to Bacchus was grown, 



The wee Japanese had Wistaria sown. 



And his country is filled with the clusters of white 



And purple and yellow, as beautiful quite 



As clusters of grapes on Bacchus's vine 



To cheer through the eyes, and without any wine. 



The wee Japanese, neither Satyr nor man. 



Who loved but the color — a little Jap Pan. 



Notwithstanding that "Flowers in Verse" has been privately 

 printed, it may be obtained at Brentano's and Scribner's. It is 

 a gem. The reading of it makes one feel a real tenderness and 

 understanding for all the flowers. I earnestly congratulate Ga- 

 brielle MuUiner. >^ ^9 



BOOKS RECEIVED 



(To Be Reviewed Later) 



"The Garden Under Glass." By W. F. Rowles (J- B, Lippincott Company) 



"The Mary Frances Garden Book." By Jane E. Fryer (John C. Winston Company) 



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