26 ALPINE FLOWERS AND GARDENS 



the Alpenrose or Rhododendron, but the true 

 Rosa alpina, the rose without a thorn. And these 

 slopes, as soon as the Anemone is passing, will be 

 crowded with Orchids in six or seven varieties, all in 

 flower with the Rose. 



On the other side of the hotel, covering a 

 picturesque pasture belonging partly to Martigny, 

 there is a profuse and varied flora, in many respects 

 differing from that just described. Here one will 

 find Soldanella alpina and Gentiana verna, together 

 with Micheli's Daisy, the Bell-Gentian, that curious 

 Alpine Coltsfoot, Homogyne alpina, and the little 

 brown-and-green Frog Orchid, growing in great 

 quantity among the Bilberries and Strawberries, 

 and presently to be replaced by St. Bruno's Lily, 

 Arnica, and a perfect sea of other flowers. And 

 the lawn-like turf of the pasture proper is a veritable 

 joy, with the purple Viola, the Antennaria, the little 

 Star-Gentian (Gentiana nivalis), the Rock Rose, 

 the small canary-yellow Dandelion, the Bell-Gentian, 

 the Vernal Gentian (of which there are white, lilac, 

 and Cambridge-blue forms), and the striking pagoda- 

 like pyramids of the Alpine Bugle (Ajuga pyra- 

 midalis), coloured so aesthetically with brown- 

 madder and blue. Of pure luxury one could 

 desire nothing more ; for one may stroll out and 



