INDEX 



339 



Arenaria cherleria, Hook.f., see 



the Dwarf Alsine 

 Aretia vital iana, Murr. , see Vital's 



Androsace 



Arnica (medicinal), 133 

 Arnica montana, Linn., see the 



Arnica 



Arnica, the, 183, 267 

 Arolla, 243 



Arolla Pine, see the Stone Pine 

 Arum maculatum, Linn., see the 



Cuckoo-Pint 

 Asia, 109, 249 

 Asia, Central, 104, 297, 305 

 Asia, Northern, 20 

 Asphodel, the Scotch, 178 

 Astrantia, 124 

 Atmosphere, the, 10, 11, 202 

 composition of, 12 

 dryness of, 12, 202 

 Atragene alpina. Linn., see the 



Alpine Clematis 

 Atragene, the, see the Alpine 



Clematis 



Auricula, the, 67, 70-71, 117 

 and soils, 71, 117 

 hybrids of, 70-71 



protections against transpiration, 71 

 Auriculas, the cultivated, 67, 70 



origin of, 70 

 Australia, 104 



Austrian Alps, the, 118, 297-298 

 Avalanches, effects of, 94, 237, 238, 239 

 Avens, the, 230, 286 

 Avens, the Creeping, 41, 111, 127- 



128, 131 

 Avens, the Mountain, 39, 41, 108, 



111, 127-128 



Avens, the Water, 151, 167-159, 280 

 Awned fruits, 36, 39-41, 108, 128, 158- 



159, 230, 284 

 Azalea procumbens, Linn., see the 



Trailing Azalea 

 Azalea, the Trailing, 22, 106, 109-110, 



186, 231 

 Azaleas, the, 22, 109 



Ball, John, 5, 8, 173, 305 

 Bartsia, 218 



Bats as flower pollinators, 279 



Bearberry, the Alpine, 224, 230-231 



Bearberry, the Red, 230-231 



Bearberries, the, 230-231 



Bedstraw, the, 229 



Beech, the, 5, 235 



Bees as cross-pollinators, 46, 55, 69, 



115, 161, 165, 168, 223, 270 

 Beetles as unbidden guests, 209, 



276 



Bel Alp, the, 23 

 Bell-flower, Scheuchzer's, 84-87, 88, 



89, 152 



mechanism of stylar brush, 85-87 

 unbidden guests, protections 



against, 85 

 Bell-flower, the Bearded, 46, 89, 272, 



277 



appendages on corolla, 89 

 the beard of hairs, 89, 277 

 Bell-flower, the Incised, 90 

 Bell-flower, the Mont Cenis, 89-90 

 Bell-flower, the Tufted, 90-91, 114, 



277 



biennial, 91, 114 

 hairs on, 91, 277 

 yellow flowers of, 90 

 Bell-flowers, the, 34, 44, 61, 88-91, 



92, 150, 152, 263, 280, 284 

 distribution of the seeds, 88 

 fruit, 88, 263 



stylar brush mechanism, 85-87 

 Bell Gentians, see Gentians, the Bell 

 Bellidastrum michelii, Cass. , see the 



Alpine Daisy 

 Bellis perennis, Linn., see the 



Common Daisy 

 Berne, Canton, 175 

 Bernese Oberland, the, 116, 174, 



175, 242, 294, 296 

 Berries, 220-222, 225, 227, 233, 255, 



260, 285 



Best time of year for flowers, 28-29 

 Betulacece, see the Birch family 

 Biennials, 106, 114 

 Bilberries, the, 220, 221-224, 231, 244 



pollination of, 223-224 

 Bilberry family, the, 221 

 Bilberry, the True, 221-222, 223, 224 

 Binnen Thai, the, 90 

 Bird life in the Alps, 220-221, 285 

 Birch family, the, 233 



