FLOWERS FOR LONDON HOSPITALS.
[To ran Eoeeoa or Tao "Sracraroo."]
So ,—In other years you have kindly published letters from me suggesting that other districts might take corresponding action to that which the village of Pinner takes every year by sending weekly gifts of flowers from private gardens to the London hospitals. This year of all years I hope this simple scheme will be taken up by all neighbourhoods where there are gardens within reasonable distances of our great cities.
It is not necessary to form a committee. The points to consider to inaugurate the scheme are aa follows :—(1) Correspond with the secretary of a hospital to ascertain if flowers are needed. (2) Ask permission of superintendent of railway company to sand flowers carriage free. (3) Circularize residents in neighbourhood and have notioe-card exhibited at railway station, (4) Purchase large baskets with name of hospitals painted on and tied with return empty labels. (5) Have notices inserted in local news- papers. (6) Ask the stationmaster and his officials to make the scheme their own, which, according to my experience, they will gladly do. At Pinner baths of water are used for the flowers, and the stationmaster's personal interest results in the flower. being taken care of until they roach their destination. —I am, Sir,
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