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Honeysuckles, Lonicera alpigena and L. nigra, 

 would not only enhance the effect and interest, but 

 would tally with Nature as she generally rules 

 in the Alps. Nor would the Bird Cherry {Prunus 

 avium), if kept in bush form, be out of place. 

 This lovely spring-flowering tree, treated as a 

 hedgerow subject on the plateau at the back of 

 Lausanne, is an arresting object in the fields 

 around Chamonix at the end of May. And 

 here, with the shade and shelter of such bushes, 

 may come the nobly plumed Goat's Beard [Spircea 

 A?^uncus), the mauve and the cream-plumed 

 Thalictrum aquilcgifoliuvi, the deep-blue Aco7iitum 

 napellus, the violet-blue A. paniculaUun, the 

 creamy-white A. Lycodonurn, the rosy Adenostyles 

 alblfrons, the ever-graceful Solomon's Seal {Poly- 

 gonatum verticillatum), the blue-mauve Mul- 

 gedium alpinum, the red-brown Lilium Mai^tagon, 

 the brilliant orange L. croceum, the pale-yellow 

 Salvia glutinosa, the golden Lathyrus luteus, the 

 pink and feathery Dianthus superbus, the Fennel- 

 like Meum athamanticum, the distinctive Um- 

 bellifer, Laserpitium latifolium, besides such Orchids 

 as Epipactis atrorubens, E. latifolia, Cephalanthera 

 ensifolia, C. pallens, C. rubra, and Habenaria 

 [Plantanthera) chlorantha. 



