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day may come when the mountains will be as bare of their 

 flowers as some of them are of the pines which once crowned 

 them. 



To remedy the present state of things, the above-mentioned 

 Association seeks to form a public opinion with regard to 

 the protection of Swiss plants ; to call in legal intervention 

 if necessary; to forbid their being taken from certain 

 localities ; and to prevent their being sent out of the 

 country in huge packages ; also to encourage the cultiva- 

 tion of Alpine plants by raising them in large quantities 

 by means of seeds and careful cultivation, that so a new 

 trade may spring up to rival that of the poor withered 

 roots found in the markets, and producing a much more 

 satisfactory result to the purchaser. 



The office of the Association is at 8, Rue du Mont 

 Blanc, Geneve, where Mons. Louis Lang will give all 

 required information. 



