PART I.] 



CULTURAL 



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0.293 per cent, of carbonate of lime, while the earth in which 

 Edelweiss is growing contains a great deal more. This plant is, 

 as is well known, essentially lime-loving and its flower-bracts are 

 just so much more white and woolly in proportion as the soil it 

 grows in is rich in lime. 



Here is a list of the principal alpine plants that need one or 

 other of the two soils containing respectively either lime or granite : 



Calcareous. 



Achillea atrata 



Aconitum Anthora 



Adenostylis alpina 



Androsace chamsejasme 

 arachnoidea 



helvetica 



pubescens 



villosa 



Anemone alpina 



narcissiflora 



Pulsatilla 



Hepatica 



Anthyllis montana 



Artemisia mutellina 



Braya alpina 



Campanula thyrsoidea 

 cenisia 



Cephalaria alpina 



Cyclamen europseum 



Daphne alpina 

 Cneorum 



Dianthus alpinus 



Draba tomentosa 



Erica carnea 



Eryngium alpinum 



Erinus alpinus 



Gentiana alpina 

 angustifolia 

 Clusii 

 ciliata 

 asclepiadea 



Geranium aconitifolium 



Globularias 



Gnaphalium Leontopodium 



Gypsophila repens 



Lychnis Flos-jo vis 



Moehringia muscosa 



Granitic. 



Achillea moschata 

 Aconitum septentrionale 

 Adenostylis albifrons 

 Androsace carnea 



lactea 



glacialis 



imbricata 



vitaliana 

 Anemone sulphurea 



baldensis 



montana 



vernalis 

 Arnica montana 

 Artemisia glacialis 

 Astrantia minor 

 Azalea procumbens 

 Braya pinnatifida 

 Campanula spicata 



excisa 



Daphne petrsea 



striata 

 Dianthus glacialis 

 Draba frigida 

 Ephedra helvetica 

 Eritrichium nanum 

 Gentiana brachyphylla 



Kochiana 



frigida 



pneumonanthe 



pyrenaica 

 Geranium argenteum 

 Gnaphalium supinum 

 Linnaea borealis 

 Lychnis alpina 

 Meum athamanticum 

 Oxytropis campestris 

 Papaver rhseticum 



