22 FEBRUARY 1913, Page 19

THE SPRING IN WINTER. [Te TEE EDITOR OP THE . SRECTATOR.1

SIR,—As an illustration of the extreme mildness of this winter, I send you herewith a list of wild flowers found in blossom by use on Friday, February 14th, in West Sussex:--

Primrose, Box, Cowslip, Yew, Strawberry-leaved potentilla, Butcher's broom, Dog's mercury, Blackthorn, Sweet violet, Wild plum, Dog violet, Golden saxifrage, White dead-nettle, Cuckoo flower, Red dead-nettle, Hairy bitter-cress,

Yellow archangel, Wood spurge,

Common hazel, Petty spurge, Furze, Daisy, Sallow, Rough chervil, Osier willow, Lesser celandine, Bush vetch, Daffodil, Dandelion, Coltafoot, (Iroundsel, Chickweed, Procumbent speedwelt, Spurge laurel, Wood anemone, Early forget-me-not, Lesser periwinkle.