212 WILD FLOWERS OF SCOTLAND 



which thus became at once hill plants and snow 

 plants, alpines and arctics. 



And so the division arose between our arctic 

 alpines, which followed on our alpines, which 

 made themselves at home on the hills, and sent 

 no representatives north, and our plain plants, 

 which were not robust enough either to climb 

 or to follow. 



