LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



1. Caltha palustris and Primula farinosa on the upper fields of 



Champex towards the end of May . . . Frontispiece 



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2. Gentiana verna aud Primula farinosa on the lower fields of 



Champex towards the end of May, with part of the manhif 



of Saleinaz in the background 3 



3. Lac Champex in cloudland at the end of May ; Caltha palustris 



and Primula farinosa by the water-edge .... 8 



4. The upper fields of Champex early in June, with the Grand 



Combin in the distance 12 



5. Trollius europaeus, the Globe Flower, on the cloud-swept fields 



in early June ......... 16 



6. Anemone mlphurea and Viola calcarata in the Val d'Arpette in 



June .......... 24 



7. Early- June fields beyond Praz de Fort in the Val Ferret, 



backed by the Groupe du Grand Saint-Bernard et du Grand 

 Golliaz 32 



8. The Paradise Lily (Paradisia Liliastrum) near the Glacier de 



Trient about the middle of June 40 



9. June meadows of Salvia, Lychnis, etc., in the Val Ferret, 



just before arriving at the village of Praz de Fort . . 48 



10. Field of Campanula rhomboidalis on the Col de la Forclaz 



about the beginning of July . , ... 56 



11. In the early- July fields at Champex 64 



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