"Author Brendan Gill reports that the poet Robert Graves, a devoted gardener, has long been in the habit of naming compost heaps after friends. 'During my visit,' writes Gill, 'he honoured me by naming his latest compost heap after me. A friend that Graves and I have in common -- the banker-scholar Gordon Wasson -- has recently been honoured in a similar fashion, I was understandably proud when, some months after my visit, I received a letter from Graves in which he mentioned that, 'the Gordon Wasson is something of a disappointment, but the Brendan Gill is rotting nicely.'"