IRISH GARDENING. 



Alpine Fl()\\'crs 



H\ II. Sn AKi 



and (larcicns. 



lllOMl-Sv^N. 



on lilt 



f oft lie most 



^^0 rillNt.; ismoiv iiulu;Uivi>ol tlu- rapidly ii 

 J iii_s;- r.isliioi^ for iiinkin^; fock-i'ari.lon: 

 ijiowinir Alpine and other hard}' plants tl 

 rapidity with which books on the siihjeet hav 

 puhlishod of late 

 ori.yinal of all th 

 charining: v o 1 u in e o 

 Flowers an 

 painted an 

 by ( I e o r g 

 It i 



■nuMiibiMi'd b) eritieal botanists and by zealous lioiti- 

 lilt mists ; and yet there is miieh inlerestin^"- iiiformatioi 

 ere whieli no botanist and no j^ardener should be with 



ut. Ill (-.real Hritain. if 

 laiiy bvMaiiists who siTin 

 lants in an herbarinni or 



in Ireland, tiiere are loo 

 tisticd with handlinjf dried 

 liisseitini^- spirit material in 



books 



•s. Or 

 s the 

 on 

 a n d 



lied 



th 



" Alpine 



Gardens,' 



described 



Flemwell. 



wi'li-kiiown series of 



beaut i fully illustrated 



books published by 



Messrs. A. it C. Black. 

 ]Mr. Flemwell is an ex 



tremely able painter, 



whose tiyfure subject s 



attracted attention yeai^ 



ago at the Royal Acadeni\ 



in London and on the 



Continent ; but his <fenius 



does not end there, for his 



sketchesof Alpine scenery 



compare well with those 



to be found in any country, 



while his drawings of 



Alpine flowers and fungi, 



which we were privileged 



to see in Switzerland, are 



the most accurate in form 



and brilliant in colour we 



have yet set eyes upon. 



The pictures reproduced 



in the book are of plants 



growing in s i / ti . fre- 

 quently set ainiilsl some 



majestic, snowclad moun- 

 tains, and for that reason 



the flow ers are necessarily 



small, but their form 

 and colour, together 

 with their habit and 

 grouping, are so natural 

 that the species of most 

 can be recognised at once. 



The author is a poet and philosopher as well as an 

 observant naturalist, and therefore his very artistic 

 book should appeal forcibly to the Irish temperament. 

 It does not pretend to be a book on botany, nor on 

 gardening: it is rather an ensemble, and it forms a 

 delightfully sympathetic account of the Swiss Alps and 

 flowers and of the mountain gardens, written by one 

 who has long lived amongst them and who knows them 

 in all seasons and in all weathers. The book appears 

 to have hit what is called the "public taste," and that 

 was the aim of both author and publisher. May this be 



laboratory, anil too many gardeners who gel 

 imed to seeini; Alpine plants culti 

 orulitions, soinctiiiu's in tjrecniKMi; 



Hive h 



i.itural 



Mr. 



♦"Alpine Flowers and Gardens, 

 C. Black. 7S. 6d. net. 



by G. Flemwell. London : A. 



The introduction is ap- 

 propriately written by 

 Monsieur H. Correvon, of 

 Geneva, than whom there 

 is no better k n o w n 

 authority on the subject 

 of .Alpine gardens, three 

 or four of which he was 

 the first to start in the 

 mountains, and of which 

 he still has the director- 

 ship. As the author of 

 several books on the 

 Alpine flora, Mons. Cor- 

 revon was eminently fitted 

 to write a preface to such 

 a book as this, and it is in 

 keeping with the novelty 

 of the work that his re- 

 marks should be left in 

 F'rench, a language so 

 often spoiled by being 

 t ran si at e d. He truly 

 s.-ivs— "The .Alpine flora 

 has never yet been de- 

 SCI ibeil nor offered to the 

 public in such a form. 

 Here then is profoundly 

 original work, which 

 lovers of beauty and truth 

 cannot but applaud." 



The twenty illustrations 

 are well reproduced in 

 the three-colour process. 

 They are about a quarter 

 the size of the originals, 

 which were recently on 

 exhibition at the Baillie 

 Gallerv in London, where, we understand, examples 

 of the artist's work can always be purchased. 

 Several of the most beautiful views were taken in 

 spring, and they cannot fail to bring back pleasant 

 memories to all who have seen such sights in the Alps in 

 spring, before the annual rush of tourists takes place. 

 Only those who have lived throughout the year in the 

 Alps can fully appreciate the chapters on "The Rival 

 Seasons" and •' Spring in the Alps," for " all this and 

 much more are missed by the majority of visitors, who 

 arrive perhaps in time to see the fast-fading blossoms 

 of the rhododendron." 



It is in spring that one sees the hepaticas in the 

 woods and the Scilla bifolia, which takes the place in 



Flemwell p.mnting i.\ the Linnea Garden at 

 Boi RG St. Pierre. 



