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Naturelles), with untiring effort and unquenchable 

 enthusiasm, has gained its ear and aroused its 

 proper pride. To this gentleman, indeed, all lovers 

 of the Alpine flora owe an inestimable debt, one 

 which must only increase as time rolls on. He has 

 devoted himself heart and soul to attain his object. 

 Visiting England, Belgium, France, and Italy in 

 order to win over nurserymen, importers, and the 

 gardening world in general to the idea that it is 

 better to raise from seed than to root up, he has 

 lectured to this end in these countries. He has 

 lectured, also, in the mountain towns and villages 

 of Switzerland and Savoy to the local authorities, 

 guides, and peasantry, trying to instil respect for 

 the lovely denizens of their Alps. Director of the 

 successful gardens on the Rochers de Naye and at 

 Bourg St. Pierre, he has a wonderfully efficient 

 garden of his own at Geneva (' Floraire,' originally 

 the Geneva Acchmatization Gardens, but acquired 

 by M. Correvon in 1893), the main object of 

 which is to furnish plants, but especially seeds, to 

 botanical gardens, and to gardeners and plant-lovers 

 generally. 



M. Correvon once insisted (it was in 1896, at the 

 General Meeting of the Society) that the aim of tlie 

 .Society was not to prevent lovers of flowers from 



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