BOOKS ON THE SWISS ALPINE FLORA 335 



LARGER WORKS ON THE ALl^INK FLORA 



A lar'jjL' work in two volumes, with many coloureil plutes, 

 A. W. Bennett's The Flora of the Ali>8 (J. C. Niramo, 1897. 158. net), 



may be consulted. It is written on mueli the same lines as 

 Dalla-Torre's Tourist Guide, above mentioned, and also includes 

 the Alpine floras of the various mountain ran^^es in Central 

 and Western Europe. 



Of the many recent works in German or French, the 

 following may be mentioned : — 



The latest Swiss flora (in German) is by 



H. ScHiNz and R. Keller : Flora (ler Schweiz, zum Qebraurhe auf 

 Fxkursioiien, in Schulen, und htim Selbstunttrrichl {\. Kaustein, 

 Zurich. 2nd Edition, 1905 ; 3rd Edition, 1909. 6 fr. 80 c). 



The work is in the highest degree technical, and the 

 language contracted. It is, however, a very complete account. 



G. Bonnier and G. de Layens' Flore rompltte de la France et de la Suisse 

 (Paris, Librairie gen(^rale de I'Enseignement, 1908, 11 frs.), 



is written with as few technical words as possible, and is well 

 illustrated by over 5,000 figures. 



WORKS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY, ECOLOGY, 

 AND DISTRIBUTION OF SWISS ALPINE PLANTS 



Kerner's The Natural lliitory of Plants (Translated from the German by- 

 Prof. F. W. OUver, in 2 or 4 large 4to volumes. Casscll & Co. 

 1st Edition, 1894; 2nd Edition, 1905). 



This great work, a most fascinating book, especially useful 

 to the layman, contains in simple language a full acrount 

 of plant life in the Alps, among much other information on 

 plants generally. 



C. Schroeter's Das PfianzenUhen der Alpen. Fins SchiUerun*/ dfr Il^/ch- 

 gebirgsfiora (A. Ilaustcin, Zurich, 1908), 



