The present catalogue, which was prepared during 

 the summer 1903, by order of Sir Thomas Hanbury, 

 K. C. V. 0., is a list of plants growing wild at La 

 Mortola. Some of the numerous visitors, who come 

 to see the gardens are often not less interested in 

 these than in those luxuriant exotic plants which are 

 cultivated here. 



The rich vegetation is due to the great variety of 

 locality that exists. There are dry steep rocks, deep 

 and fertile soil, bare sunny banks, shady and woody 

 places, waterchannels, the bed of a torrent and the sea 

 shore. 



The subsoil is almost entirely limestone, in many 

 places rich in fossils. Sand occurs only in one isolated 

 spot close to the garden entrance, but it contains chalk 

 as well and does not influence in any way the wild 

 vegetation. 



La Mortola, Yeutimiglia, Italy; April 1905. 



Alwin Berger. 



