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and there between the bushes is the brilhant 

 orange Arnica viontana, the rich red - brown 

 Gentiana purpui'ea, and occasionally this latter's 

 near relative, the pale greenish-yellow Gentiana 

 vunctata. Here and there, too, is the vivid orange- 

 red ' Grimm the Collier ' [Hieracium aurantiacuvi) 

 and the gi-aceful Wintergreen {Pyrola minor), so 

 like a robust blush-tinted I^ily-of-the- Valley. Of 

 Orchids there is a goodly number. The small white 

 Coeloglossum albidum ; Orchis globosa, with its 

 distinctive lilac turban of blossom ; the curious 

 green and brown Frog Orchis {Orchis viridis) ; the 

 rich brown-red Vanilla Orchid {Nigritella angusti- 

 ^olia) ; the Fragrant Orchid {Gymnadenia conopea); 

 and last, but by no means least, the famihar and 

 always welcome Night-scented or Butterfly Orchis 

 {Habernaria bijolia), the ' sweet satyrian with the 

 white flower' of Bacon — or is it Shakespeare ! — in 

 his essay ' Of Gardens.' 



Strange to find this latter Orchid consorting with 

 Rhododendron in the Swiss Alps ! ^Vhen last we 

 met it was on the Surrey Downs ! But ' sweet 

 satyrian ' is not the only feature here which carries 

 our thoughts to England. There are the 



' . . . che(juered butterflies, 

 Like beams of Orient skies.' 



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