IN response to Keith Ellel's remarks (Letters, September 5) I too agree that it is a waste of beautiful flowers, to lay and rot away in plastic and not give pleasure to someone. It is sad to see them decay.

The trend is to now buy flowers and leave them at the scene of a tragedy.

Would it not be a more meaningful sentiment if banks, etc. where to provide the public with a 'donation card' and a single silk flower (for example, a red rose - remember, a single flower can say more), costing from £1 upwards, sending the money to the deceased's favourite charity?

You could write a personal message on the card and leave it with the flower wherever you wished. You would still be showing you cared and someone else would benefit from your donation.

You only have to look at the pictures of the vast amount of flowers outside Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace to see what a shame it is when charities are desperate for funds.

But the ones who come out the richer are the florists who, even when giving a percentage of the money made, make a very nice profit from such tragedy.

K DAVIS (Mrs), Fishmoor Drive, Blackburn.

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