Mums the Word

I pulled these pretty images of a field of chrysanthemums on a light box from my files, and processed it the other day. Did you know that “Odour of Chrysanthemums” was D.H. Lawrence’s first published prose fiction, accepted by Ford Maddox Ford, the then editor of The English Review, partly on the basis of the subtlety of the title—chrysanthemums in fact only smell faintly. 

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Mums the Word 2 © Harold Davis
Mums the Word 2 © Harold Davis

 

Mums the Word © Harold Davis
Mums the Word © Harold Davis

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