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<p>[QUOTE="User 67, post: 3496, member: 67"]<font face="Verdana"></font></p><p><font face="Verdana">Yes, hospital flowers given to sick people to 'cheer them up' is a much more recent tradition. Some 19th and early 20th century practitioners cautioned that it was unhealthy to bring cut flowers into the sick room, which suggests it was done in the 19th century. The idea of sending flowers to the sick may have originated from the 19th century Tussie Mussie and popularity of floral gifts given to loved ones. </font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Verdana">.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="User 67, post: 3496, member: 67"][FONT=Verdana] Yes, hospital flowers given to sick people to 'cheer them up' is a much more recent tradition. Some 19th and early 20th century practitioners cautioned that it was unhealthy to bring cut flowers into the sick room, which suggests it was done in the 19th century. The idea of sending flowers to the sick may have originated from the 19th century Tussie Mussie and popularity of floral gifts given to loved ones. .[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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