THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 29 



Tin- littK- llowcTs were clustcTed like a ])rimrosc and were 

 rich vvd willi \clln\\ iiiarkinj,^s. The ceiilei- was shai)ed hke 

 a cup and surrounded hy a flat hnih hke a saucer. I never 

 could find them in a catalog and have not seen a plant for 

 years. The plant was a perennial about as big around as a 

 dinner plate and (h'd not grow very tall. 1 should also like 

 to know the botanical name of an old-fashioned perennial 

 known as London Pride. It looks somewhat like a tall pblox 

 with scarlet flowers and notched petals. — Nell McMiirray. 



[Dinathiis harhatiis., commonly called sweet William is 

 often known as London Pride. It is likely that this is not 

 the flower intended; if not. the plant may be Silene armeria 

 which shares many common names with the species first 

 mentioned. P>ouncing Bet {Saponaria officinalis) is also 

 called London Pride, a good illustration of the uncertainty of 

 common names in designating a species. — Bd.] 



Till". Skasoxs in England. — In a climate with well- 

 marked yearly seasons, different species of an association 

 come to the height of their vegetative growth, flower and 

 fruit at different periods of the growing season. These ac- 

 tivities of different species are scattered throught the whole 

 season, Iiut the species tend to fall into distinct seasonal 

 groups.. In the P)ritish deciduous woodland, for instance, 

 there are four seasonal groups of species and the flourishing 

 of each gives seasonal aspect to the season. Thus we can 

 distinguish the prcvernal aspect of early spring (March and 

 the first lialf or two-tliirds of April in southern England,) 

 marked by the coming into prominence of such plants as 

 the celandine (Picaria c-cniu), the wood anemone {Anemone 

 ucuiorsa), and the primrose (Primula verna) \ in the ver- 

 nal aspect (end of April and May) the trees come into leaf 

 and flower and in the groimd vegetation the bluebell (Scilla 



