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and there between the bushes is the brilliant 

 orange Arnica montana, the rich red - brown 

 Gentiana purpurea, and occasionally this latter 's 

 near relative, the pale greenish -yellow Gentiana 

 mmctata. Here and there, too, is the vivid orange- 

 red ' Grimm the Collier ' (Hieracium aurantiacum) 

 and the graceful Wintergreeii (Pyrola minor] , so 

 like a robust blush-tinted Lily-of-the- Valley. Of 

 Orchids there is a goodly number. The small white 

 Coeloglossum albidum ; Orchis globosa, with its 

 distinctive lilac turban of blossom ; the curious 

 green and brown Frog Orchis (Orchis viridis) ; the 

 rich brown-red Vanilla Orchid (NigriteUa angusti- 

 fblid) ; the Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopea); 

 and last, but by no means least, the familiar and 

 always welcome Night-scented or Butterfly Orchis 

 (Habernaria bifolia), the ' sweet satyrian with the 

 white flower' of Bacon or is it Shakespeare ! in 

 his essay ' Of Gardens/ 



Strange to find this latter Orchid consorting with 

 Rhododendron in the Swiss Alps ! When last we 

 met it was on the Surrey Downs ! But ' sweet 

 satyrian ' is not the only feature here which carries 

 our thoughts to England. There are the 



' . . . chequered butterflies, 

 Like beams of Orient skies/ 



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