FLOWER BANDITS
“ Little woods, where primroses and bluebells formerly flourished, are now without a single blossom, and the meadows, where daffodils grew wild, ‘ fluttering and dancing in the breeze,’ as in Wordsworth’s poem of lonely wandering, have been completely pillaged. Drive fifty miles out of London on a Saturday afternoon, and you will see more than enough of the fell work of the flower bandit. Returning cars laden with masses of bluebells and broken branches of the wild cherry, and in the dusty roadway trea-sure-trove that has been idly cast away. Why cannot these stupid, selfish people learn to follow the example of the Japanese, who go on pilgrimage to see the blossoming of trees in their seasons and are content with a single decorate a living room.” —The M’orning Post.
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Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3328, 28 July 1931, Page 3
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131FLOWER BANDITS Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3328, 28 July 1931, Page 3
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