4 MAY 1934, Page 19

"HIS FAVOURITE FLOWER"

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

SIR,—If your correspondent H. B. will consult the letters of Queen Victoria, those published under Lord Esher's editorship some twenty-five years ago, or the letters of Lord Beaconsfield, he will find abundant evidence (1) that Queen Victoria frequently sent primroses to him, especially from Osborne, (2) that they were Disraeli's favourite flower.

The 'primrose funeral wreath is an obvious myth, for in 1881 'none but white flowers were ever Used for funeral wreaths or crosses.—I am, Sir, &e.,