16 FLOWER-FIELDS OF ALPINE SWITZERLAND 



de la Forclaz ; or to scale the Pas d'Ensel or the 

 Col de Coux, if we are at Champery ; or to 

 clamber to the Croix de Javernaz, if we are at 

 Les Plans ; or to follow the hot way up to the 

 Col de la Gueulaz, if we are at Finhaut ; or to 

 take train to the grazing-grounds on the summit 

 of the Rochers de Naye, if we are at Caux or at 

 Les Avants. We shall find all we desire — as at 

 Randa, Zermatt, Binn, Berisal, or Evolena — within 

 a saunter of the hotels. Such fields as are above 

 are, for the far greater part, used solely for grazing, 

 and we must stay where most are reserved for 

 hay. Here we shall find the particular flora we 

 require, and shall be able to study it without let 

 or hindrance from " the tooth of the goat " and 

 cow. The only hindrance will be when those 

 strict utilitarians, the haymakers, appear and 

 change our colour-full Eden into a green and 

 park-like domain, with here and there a neglected 

 corner to remind us of what a rich prospect was 

 ours — 



" Till the shining scythes went far and wide 

 And cut it down to dry." 



Thus, we are to remain in a region comfortably 

 accessible to the average easy-going visitor to the 



