R.J’s Reviews > Some flowers > Status Update

"I first observed it in the window of a florist's shop, neatly rising out of a gilt basket tied with pink ribbons. No more repellant presentation could be imagined, or anything more likely to put one against the flower for ever, yet somehow this poor ill-treated flower struck me instantly as a lovely thing, so lovely that I suffered on its behalf to see it so misunderstood."