BOOKS ON THE SWISS ALPINE FLORA 335 



LARGER WORKS ON THE ALPINE FLORA 



A large work in two volumes, with many coloured plates, 



A. W. Bennett's The Flora of the Alps (J. C. Nimmo, 1897. 15s. net), 



may be consulted. It is written on much the same lines as 

 Dalla-Torre's Tourist Guide, above mentioned, and also includes 

 the Alpine floras of the various mountain ranges in Central 

 and Western Europe. 



Of the many recent works in German or French, the 

 following may be mentioned : — 



The latest Swiss flora (in German) is by 



H. ScHiNZ and R. Keller : Flora der Schweiz, zum Oebrauchs auf 

 Exkursionen, in SehuUn, und heim Selbstunterricht (A. Raustein, 

 Zurich. 2nd Edition, 1905 ; 3rd Edition, 1909. 6 fr. 80 c). 



The work is in the highest degree technical, and the 

 language contracted. It is, however, a very complete account. 



G. Bonnier and G. de Layens' Flore complite de la France et de la Suisse 

 (Paris, Librairie g&^rale de I'Enseignement, 1908. 11 frs.), 



is written with as few technical words as possible, and is well 

 illustrated by over 5,000 figures. 



WORKS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY, ECOLOGY, 

 AND DISTRIBUTION OF SWISS ALPINE PLANTS 



Kerner's The Natural History of Plant? (Translated from the German by 

 Prof. F. W. Oliver, in 2 or 4 large 4to volumes. Cassell & Co. 

 1st Edition, 1894 ; 2nd Edition, 1905). 



This great work, a most fascinating book, especially useful 

 to the layman, contains in simple language a full account 

 of plant life in the Alps, among much other information on 

 plants generally. 



C. Schroeter's Das Pflanzenleben der Alpen. Fine Sohilderung der Hoch- 

 gebirgsflora (A. Raustein, Zurich, 1908), 



