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THE ALPINE FLORA 



tisation of alpines and their place in gardens, and at the same 

 time to pay due regard to the artistic and poetic side. 

 Therefore, while following in the main the order adopted by 

 scientific authorities, and working on the lines of the Index 

 Generum of Th. Durand, the Index Kewensis and la 

 Flore suisse of Gremli, regard for artistic arrangement has 

 not always permitted me to adhere absolutely thereto. 

 'Lastly, the welcome which attended my modest volume of 

 poetry FJeurs et Montagnes has encouraged me to find a 

 place for the JHuses in this world of flowers, which seems to 

 be their favourite domain. 



1 have dealt much more fully than in the Atlas de la 

 Flore Alpine or the Flore coloriee de poche with the 

 results of pharmaceutical investigation into the remedial 

 properties of mountain vegetables, especially with the appli- 

 cations of them popular among country folk- Here and there 

 a corner is found for legends relating to flowers, or, as it is 

 called in TLnglish, Flower Lore. To sum up, this work is 

 not strictly and simply botanical in character, but a collection 

 of things relating to the beauty and the charms of alpine 

 flowers, their claims upon our interest, their poetry, as much 

 as to their adaptation to culture and the ornamentation of 

 gardens. 



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