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floras of all the Western and Central European Mountains. 

 The Lowland plants are not included. 



Another useful work which may be recommended is 



J. HOFFMANN'S Alpine Flora: For Tourists and Amateur Botanists (Trans- 

 lated by E. S. Barton (Mrs A. Gepp). Longmans, Green & Co., 

 1903. 7s. 6d. net). 



This book deals only with Alpine plants, but is not confined to 

 the Swiss Alps. The language is made as simple as possible. The 

 book is illustrated by 40 coloured plates, containing 250 figures 

 of typical Alpines, in execution of more than average merit. It 

 is, however, rather large for the pocket, though not unwieldy. 



The following works, in the absence of any satisfactory 

 descriptive flora in English, couched in language intelligible to 

 the layman, will be found very useful in Switzerland : 



BENTHAM & HOOKER'S Handbook of the British Flora (Reeve & Co. 

 7th Edition, 1908. 9s. net), 



and the corresponding volume of plates by 



FITCH & SMITH Illustrations of the British Flora (Reeve & Co. 7th 

 Edition, 1908. 9s. net). 



It contains descriptions of many Swiss Alpines which are 

 also British plants, but of course a large number of Swiss 

 species are not discussed. It is especially useful, however, for 

 determining the families and genera. 



The following work, consisting of coloured plates of Swiss 

 Alpines, 



C. & L. SCHROETER'S Taschenflora des Alpen-Wandereres (A. Raustein, 

 Zurich. 7 fr. 50 c.), 



enjoys a wide popularity in Switzerland, and is a very useful 

 possession. 



The photographs in 



SOMERVILLE HASTINGS' Alpine Plants at Home (First Series. Go wans' 

 Nature Books, No. 20. 6d. net), 



afford excellent illustrations of many typical Swiss Alpines. 



