A REAL BENEFACTRESS 



though I did not know it at the time, I heard 

 afterwards that when I asked for such special 

 help they held a sort of informal meeting to 

 consult whether it should be granted. Happily 

 they settled that I was to be helped, because the 

 Rural Council stated that I made use of what I 

 got. The verdict was satisfactory in practical 

 results, but I had my own private opinion that 

 what were sometimes called ' Miss Eleanor's 

 shillings ' helped the cause of collection." 



The kind-heartedness of her services is well 

 illustrated by an incident narrated by her medical 

 attendant, Dr. Lipscomb, who said, " My sister 

 was talking to a small market gardener in a flower 

 garden she was sketching near Penzance, and 

 Miss Ormerod's name happened to be mentioned. 

 The old gardener was beside himself with delight 

 to meet some one who knew Miss Ormerod. He 

 said she had saved him from utter ruin. His 

 flowers had become infested with some injurious 

 insect, which bade fair to devastate the whole 

 garden. In despair, hearing of Miss Ormerod, 

 he wrote to her, and not only received a kind 

 letter of advice, but also a copy of her c Injurious 

 Insects,' with the page turned down, and the 

 paragraphs specially applicable to the case marked. 

 No wonder the poor old chap, with tears in his 

 eyes, said he loved his unseen benefactress." 



Miss Ormerod not only complied with the wish 

 I have referred to by providing and arranging a 

 most valuable and interesting collection of entomo- 

 logical specimens and drawings in connection with 

 the St. Albans Show, but she also attended daily 

 to explain and answer inquiries upon the subject. 



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