The Landlady bonus questions

bonus 1
Yellow chrysanthemums, according to the Society of American Florists, mean "secret admirer."  Chrysanthemums are associated with autumn.

What does this mean to the story?


bonus 2

“Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person...he wasn’t quite sure what it reminded him of? Pickled walnuts? New leather? Or was it the corridors of a hospital?
Research these smells and then consider what they foreshadow. Discuss.