142 FLOWERS EXPORTED FROM THE RlVJlil^A. 



ver\- beautiful and so varied diat they invite us to new 

 excursions daih'. The views of the coast, the mountain 

 rani/e and the sno\v\' simrmits ol the xVlps change unceas- 

 ingh, and we are ever pleasantl}' surprised b)' some 

 specially picturesque groujjing of rocks or new aspects 

 of ^■egetation. Even a walk on the high road, else- 

 where so monotonous, is enio\able on this tavoured 

 peninsula — at least on the road which cr(jsses tlie C'ap. 

 for it runs through endless plantations of xVnemones, 

 Ranunculi, Wallflowers, Stocks, A'in~c/ss/is Ta-.clla and 

 Mignonette. The c\e is particularly attracted bv the 

 splendour of the Anemones and Ranunculi, which can 

 no\A'here be seen in greater perfection. And our sense 

 of smell is gratified at the same time b\' the perliime 

 wafted from this sea of tlo\\'ers, over wltich butterllies 

 — those llowers of the air — hover in great numbers. 

 Orange-tips, the ''(jlorv of Provence" {Aiilhocharis 

 Eiiplieiioidcs, Fig. p. 14.-!), ti\' switth" b)', and black-striped 

 Swallow-tails [Papilio Pochilirins) sail leisureh" to and 

 fro. But it is the Cleopatra (Ji/iodocrra Clropaira, 

 F"ig. p. 143) a South European Brimst(7ne with front wings 

 suffused ^\■ith brilliant orange, which strikes us most \)\ 

 its beaut\'. 



Great c[uantities of cut flowers are dispatched to 

 the North daily from the Cap d'Antibes, which also 

 su]iplies the neighbouring markets on the Riviera. \\'e 

 realise how much flowers are used on the Ri\iera itself 

 when we have seen the flower-markets in the towns and 

 witnessed some of the lloral fetes. The export of flowers 

 to tlie North lias assumed enormou.s proportions. The 



