CHAPTER XIII 



THE PINKS OF THIZ ALPS 



By Henry Correvon 



UPON mountain rocks, in dry, poor - soiled 

 pastures, and on arid, sun-scorched slopes, 

 everywhere, are to be seen, shining out like 

 twinkling stars, the rosy, blood-red, crimson and 

 purple flowers of the wild Pinks, some scentless, 

 some fragrant. It is a summer-long fairyland, whose 

 bright and pretty blossoms are a joy to see. 



Hidden in woodland are the exquisite flowers of 

 Diant/iHS siipcrbus and its numerous following, while 

 shining in the high rocks, brilliant in the sunlight, are 

 the fiery corollas of D. cxsius, Carthusianortim^sylvestris , 

 Seguieri, and others ; and in the pastures, some hiding 

 in the grass, some rising above it, are D. glacialis, 

 alpinuSy neglectus, &c. 



With the months of June and July the brilliant 

 show begins, with DiantJius Carl/nisianormn and 

 D. csasiusy the earliest to flower ; presently it is in- 

 creased by other species ; and there soon follows a 

 whole scale of colour-tone and perfume, that rises 

 from the soil to delight and gratify the imagination. 



