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who did not wear one or more. Indeed the coats of 

 some charitable persons were decorated with many of 

 them. Also certain insurance offices and other socie- 

 ties pin a harvest flower to each receipt they issue on 

 this day, and sometimes the dishes at dinner-parties are 

 adorned with them. The idea struck me as both pretty 

 and useful, as one, too, that might be adopted with 

 advantage in this country. Not only is a great sum 

 raised by means of it for the benefit of the hospitals 

 concerned, since on such an occasion even the poorest 

 do not like to be seen without a flower, but those who 

 have contributed their mite are troubled no more by 

 the fair vendors. As we know, in England this is not 

 the case. I commend the plan to the notice of our 

 charitable institutions. 



