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Turning round, another view discloses alpine polypody, marsh fern, 

 beech fern, and oak fern. Cystopteris grows luxuriantly. The beau- 

 tiful A. Trichomanes and Adiantum nigrum are healthy, but to the 

 observing eye only do the Woodsias, the filmy ferns, and the Kil- 

 larney fern appear. 



In one part I have attempted a mossery, and literally : 



" Here are cool mosses deep, 

 And through the moss the ivies creep, 

 And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep, 

 And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep." — Tennyson. 



The grass of Parnassus abundantly lends its aid to decorate so 

 lovely a spot, mosses of many kinds appear, and the Northern cloud- 

 berry and Rubus arcticus grace the scene with their presence. American 

 adiantums flourish, and a small pond shows the frog-bit, the water soldier, 

 and other aquatic plants. On emerging from the glen we have to 

 traverse little tiny mountains, such as children might make as toys, 

 but then they are lit up with the Alpine snapdragon, the lovely gentian, 

 primulas, and other Alpine plants, with sempervivums at the apices of 

 the stones, and many terrestrial orchids at their base. Here the "lily 

 of the field " expands its beautiful flowers in autumn with such effect 

 that " Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." 

 A cranberry plantation is arranged on the slopes towards the stream, 

 so that the mind is led from this weak horticultural sham to the real 

 glorious natural scenery of Zermatt' and the high Alps, where such 

 plants delight to grow. 



We pass from the glen, and wonder how in so small a space and 

 short a time our minds could have been so bewildered by so many 

 objects beautiful and curious to the eye, and by so many sounds 

 pleasing to the ear. We then pass through a rosary to the borders 

 of the lake. Around this a walk is made, broken however at inter- 

 vals by trees to prevent a monotonous effect. This walk, running by 

 the border of the lake, presents a continual but ever-varied curve, 

 and leads on the east to the orchard-house. Along this walk, six feet 

 apart, splendid specimens of rose bushes are planted two feet from 



