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species flourish exceedingly in the granite soil. The gar- 

 den J(ambertia is a rocky enclosure on the eastern ridge 

 of the Rochers de Naye (2000 m.). The soil is chalk. 

 This garden was established in 1895 by the Societd de la 

 Rambertia, and contains a most comprehensive collection 

 of all chalk-loving alpines. At Pont de Nant, above Bex 

 (i3oo m.), a botanical garden, affiliated to the University 

 of Lausanne, was opened in 1893 by the efforts of the 

 neighbouring commune. It is situated in a well watered, 

 shady and charming position at the foot of the rock wall 

 below the Muveran. The design is the work of Profes- 

 sor Wilzceck and has not needed the assistance of a pro- 

 fessional adviser. In Italy M. Fernand Correvon, a Ge- 

 nevese landscape architect, has laid out for the Silvestri 

 family of Milan a garden on the slopes of Monte Scanapa, 

 at the foot of pleasant Presolana, which preserves so 

 perfectly the dolomitic characteristics of the general land- 

 scape that it is impossible to tell where the artificial rock- 

 work passes into the natural, which forms the ribs and 

 skeleton of the whole. 



Other gardens have been built in the high alps, but 

 they make no pretension to be more than botanical or 

 pleasure gardens. To mention one : M. Anzevui's 

 collection at Arolla (1962 m.) enables the many visitors 

 who stay at this charming alpine resort to find side 

 by side, in half an acre's space, the flora of Swiss 

 and other mountains, growing with rude and vigorous 

 health. 



The botanical garden of Professor Lachmann, of Gre- 

 noble, at Lautaret in Dauphine, is a complete success. 

 Professor Flahault of Montpellier has built three at once 

 on the slopes of Aigoual, in the Cevennes. In Italy the 

 gardens ofChanousia, on the little Saint-Bernard (22Oom.) 

 and of fystania (i3oo m.) are the oldest and best known. 

 Indeed alpine gardens are springing up in Austria, Bavaria 



