List of Illustrations 



1 . Alpine Garden (the Linnea) at Bourg St. Pierre Frontispiece 



FACING 1'AGK 



2. Hepatica in the Woods at Rex, in the Rhone Valley . 8 



3. Crocus and Soldanella at Les Plans . , . . 17 



4. Primula farinosa, the Oxlip and Marsh Marigold at 



Les Plans 24 



5. Gentiana verna and the Glacier de Plan-Neve . 33 



6. Primula viscosa above Vernayaz, in the Rhone Valley . 40 



7. Alpine Garden (the Thomasia) at Pont de Nant . . 49 



8. Gentiana Kochiana and Silene acaulis at the Col de la 



Forclaz ......... 56 



9. The Sulphur Anemone at the Col de la Forclaz . . 65 



10. Trollius europceus at the Col de la Forclaz . ... 72 



11. Alpine Garden (the Rambertia) on the Rochers de 



Naye 81 



12. Alpine Garden on the Rochers de Naye ... 88 

 IS. Alpines on the Hocks of the Rochers de Naye . . 97 



14. Rhododendron and the Glacier de Trient . . .104 



15. Hay fields in July at the Col de la Forclaz . . .113 



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