INDEX 



339 



Arenaria cherkria, Hook.f., see 



the Dwarf Alsine 

 Aretia vitaliana, Murr. , see Vital's 



Androsace 

 Arnica (medicinal), 133 

 Arnica montana, Linn., see the 



Arnica 

 Arnica, the, 183, 267 

 AroUa, 243 



Arolla Pine, see the Stone Pine 

 Arum maculatum, Linn., see the 



Cuckoo-Pint 

 Asia, 109, 249 

 Asia, Central, 104, 297, 305 

 Asia, Northern, 20 

 Asphodel, the Scotch, 178 

 Astrantia, 124 

 Atmosphere, the, 10, 11, 202 

 compositipn of, 12 

 dryness of, 12, 202 

 Atragene ajpina, Linn., see the 



Alpine Clematis 

 Atragene, the, see the Alpine 



Clematis 

 Auricula, the, 67, 70-71, 117 

 and soils, 71, 117 

 hybrids of, 70-71 



protections againsttranspiration,71 

 Auriculas, the cultivated, 67, 70 



origin of, 70 

 Australia, 104 



Austrian Alps, the, 118, 297-298 

 Avalanches, effects of, 94, 237, 238, 239 

 Avens, the, 230, 286 

 Avens, the Creeping, 41, 111, 127- 



128, 131 

 Avens, the Mountain, 39, 41, 108, 



111, 127-128 

 Avens, the Water, 151, 157-159, 280 

 Awned fruits, 36, 39-41, 108, 128, 158- 



159, 230, 284 

 Azalea procuTnbens, Linn., see the 



TraiUng Azalea 

 Azalea, the Trailing, 22, 106, 109-110, 



186, 231 

 Azaleas, the, 22, 109 



BaU, John, 6, 8, 173, 305 

 Bartsia, 218 



Bats as flower pollinators, 279 



Bearberry, the Alpine, 224, 230-231 



Bearberry, the Red, 230-231 



Bearberries, the, 230-231 



Bedstraw, the, 229 



Beech, the, 5, 235 



Bees as cross-pollinators, 46, 55, 69, 



115, 161, 165, 168, 223, 270 

 Beetles as unbidden guests, 209, 



276 

 Bel Alp, the, 23 



Bell-flower, Scheuchzer's, 84-87, 88, 

 89, 152 

 mechanism of stylar brush, 85-87 

 unbidden guests, protections 

 against, 85 

 Bell-flower, the Bearded, 46, 89, 272, 

 277 

 appendages on corolla, 89 

 the beard of hairs, 89, 277 

 Bell-flower, the Incised, 90 

 Bell-flower, the Mont Cenis, 89-90 

 Bell-flower, the Tufted, 90-91, 114, 

 277 

 biennial, 91, 114 

 hairs on, 91, 277 

 yellow flowers of, 90 

 Bell-flowers, the, 34, 44, 61, 88-91, 

 92, 150, 152, 263, 280, 284 

 distribution of the seeds, 88 

 fruit, 88, 263 



stylar brush mechanism, 85-87 

 Bell Gentians, see Gentians, the Bell 

 Bellidastrum michelii, Cass., see the 



Alpine Daisy 

 Bellis perennis, Linn., see the 



Common Daisy 

 Berne, Canton, 175 

 Bernese Oberland, the, 116, 174, 



175, 242, 294, 296 

 Berries, 220-222, 225, 227, 233, 255, 



260, 285 

 Best time of year for flowers, 28-29 

 Betulaoew, see the Birch family 

 Biennials, 106, 114 

 Bilberries, the, 220, 221-224, 231, 244 



pollination of, 223-224 

 Bilberry family, the, 221 

 Bflberry, the True, 221-222, 223, 224 

 Binnen Thai, the, 90 

 Bird life in the Alps, 220-221, 285 

 Birch family, the, 233 



