'J 'HR object of this little booh is to enable those 
unacquainted -with Hot any to recognise some of 
the common but charming flowers so abundant in 
Switzerland. All the photographs in the following 
pages -were taken during the months of June and July 
in the Bernese Alps and the immediate neighbourhood. 
The Latin nomenclature and order cuiopted are those 
of GremlPs “ Flora of Switzerland f i8Sq Edition. 
The German names have been supplied by Herr 
Andreas Toss, editor of “ Salomon's llorterbuch der 
LI cut sc hen Fjlanzennamen to -whom the Publishers 
beg to express their thanks. Tor the Trench names 
M. Ch. Flahault has been followed in most cases. 
