MY 



HUNDRED SWISS FLOWERS, 



MitI] II .Slight |lotice at ^im |enis. 



1. Thalictrum.— Meadow Rue.* 



(PLATE I.) 

 " So we do find the Maiden-hair on this side of the 

 Alps/^ said I to a friend who was with me searching for 

 flowers in the Zerniatt valley; and we proceeded to dig up 

 some pretty little plants which promised to be just the 

 size for packing up and a journey to England. Alas for 

 our hasty conclusion, or want of botanical knowledge ! on 

 further exaraination^ when these plants were turned out of 

 the tin on reaching the hotel, they proved to be young 

 specimens of Thalictrum minus, the foliage and growth of 



* The English names given are to be considered as only approximate, and, 

 sometimes, as referring to the family rather than the individual. The par- 

 ticular species is often not known in England. 



