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O. I^icus Tndica seldom fruits 

 in this country. In spite 

 ot the encroachment in 

 the direction of \''ille- 

 franche, made by the 

 Boulevard Carnot, the 

 south-east corner of 

 the Mont Boron has 

 still some remains of Maquis, and 

 C|uantities of Cistus in full bloom can 

 be seen there. On damp spots, near 

 the road above Villefranche, a yellow 

 Snapdragon, Antirrhinum latifolinui (Fig. p. o3), grows 

 in clumps and attracts attention by the size of its llowers. 

 G(il(icli/es loiiientosa (Fig. p. 18/), which is wideh' distri- 

 buted on the Riviera, was also growing here in abun- 

 dance, ft is a Centaury with bright violet flowers and 

 is remarkable on account of its leaves spotted with white 

 which look as if sprinkled with milk. 



From Beaulieu I struck into the inviting foot-path 

 ^\ hich follo\\ s the eastern shore of Cap Ferrat. A strong 

 wind was blowing from the sea, and the water was very 

 rough. Fleavy breakers beat against the rocks, and threw 

 their sprai,' up onto the path. The pretty Cineraria 

 marilima, (Fig. p. IT) grew ever\'where on the garden 

 walls. Here it nas verv luxuriant and stretched its sil- 

 vers gre\ tuUs o1 leaves sea-ward, for it loves the brinv 

 breath of the sea. On the steep rocks, against which 

 the waves broke, grew the greenish-grey Anthyllis Barba 

 Jovis (Fig. p. 29); this too revelled in the salt breeze. 



