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Veronica saxatilis Eigi Sclieideck July, Aug. 



Primula farinosa . , „ June, July. 



auricula Kandersteg April, May. 



spectabilis Rosenlaui J"'y, Aug. 



Soldanella alpina Eigi Scheideck May to July 



montana ,, „ 



Cyclamen Europreum . . . v Furca Aug. to Oct. 



Globularia corditblia iEggischhorn May, June. 



Anthericum liliago Leukerbad „ 



Epilobium Dodonai Grindelwald glacier July, Aug. 



Sempervivum montanum iEggischhorn ,, 



arachnoideum ,, ,, 



This list contains but forty out of many hundreds, hut others 

 have not been included, having only recently been planted, and 

 having not yet had the trial of a winter. Others are also of a larger 

 growth, not suitable for rockwork. It will be understood that the 

 localities specified are not the only ones in which I have found these 

 plants. 



A description of the flowers in the coloured plate will enable the 

 reader to identify them. The large, pale flower at the top is 

 Catananclie ccerulea (too high for rockwork). The blue, next to the 

 right, is a Gentian, unnoticed by Weber. Below this, on the same 

 side, is the elegant flower of Anthericum liliago (also too high for 

 rockwork). Immediately under the Gatananche is the Gentiana 

 asclepiadea (too high for rockwork). On the left of this is the dark 

 red Cyclamen Europceum. Beneath is a little white group, Androsace 

 villosa, and further down the crimson JDianthus barbatus. In the 

 centre of the plate we find the Aster alpinus, to the right of which 

 is the Primula spectabilis, and beneath this last are the pretty bells 

 of the Soldanella alpina. Between these and the Aster alpinus is 

 a Gentian which I have not identified. To the left of this are two 

 other Gentians ; the lilac group is Gentiana campestris, that beneath 

 it, of vivid blue, Gentiana purnil a ; on the left of the former is the 

 little yellow Viola biflora; and beyond this, a small yellow bunch of 

 the Draba Sauteri. Beneath the yellow violet we see the delicate 

 Soldanella pusilla ; and below this again, two purple and pink 

 clusters, the Primula farinosa and the Dianthus glaeialis, or glacier 

 pink. The white flower next to the bright blue gentian is Dryas 

 octopetala; its pinky- white neighbour is Gypsophylla muralis. To 

 the right of this, below, is the pink Epilobium JDodonoei ; beneath 

 which is the delicate little Linaria alpina, whose purple and orange 

 blossoms decorate the pass of the Great St. Bernard and the rugged 

 sides of Pilatus, as well as the moraines of Grindelwald. (I find 

 this plant, as raised from the seed sold in England, considerably 

 different in height, colour, and form of leaves from those growing 

 from the seed I brought from the glaciers at Grindelwald.) The 

 yellow group on the opposite side is the Primula auricula ; and the 

 centre plant at the bottom is Globularia cordifolia. 



