APPENDIX III 



BOOKS ON THE SWISS ALPINE FLORA 



FLORAS 



The best flora in J&nglish is 



A. GREMLI'S The Flora of Switzerland: For the Use of Tourists and Field- 

 Botanists (Translated from the Fifth German Edition by Leonard 

 W. Paitson. David Nutt, 1889), 



which is now, unfortunately, out of print. A useful book, 

 however, is 



K. W. v. DALLA-TORRE'S The Tourist's Guide to the Flora of the Alps 

 (Translated and Edited by Alfred W. Bennett. Swan Sonnenschein, 

 Le Bas & Lowrey, 1886. 5s.). 



Both these works are handy for the pocket and for use in 

 the field, the latter especially. Neither of them are, however, 

 really suited to the lay reader, nor are they illustrated. 

 Gremli's Flora is a standard work, written in technical botanical 

 language, often severely contracted. The artificial system of 

 Linnaeus is made use of as a key to the genera, and this, while 

 now an archaic contrivance, has its advantages. Gremli's 

 flora includes not only the Alpine plants, but the whole 

 vegetation of Lowland Switzerland. 



Dalla-Torre's Tourist Guide is written, so far as possible, in 

 non-technical language, which is not contracted. It is not 

 confined to the Swiss Alpine flora, but treats of the Alpine 



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