. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. 84 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part I. fection—now the Grass makes it difficult to see its leaves, and somewhat obscures the dwarf silky Cudweed, which seems placed to form a silvery bed for the Gentian. Alpine travel- lers, botanists, and horticulturists, say that this lovely plant and its fellows cannot be cultivated, and Dean Close regret- lully echoed this in describing in ' Good Words' his passage over the Simplon. This idea is quite erroneous, as anybody can prove who carries out the directions given farther on in this book. Having arrived at t
. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. 84 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part I. fection—now the Grass makes it difficult to see its leaves, and somewhat obscures the dwarf silky Cudweed, which seems placed to form a silvery bed for the Gentian. Alpine travel- lers, botanists, and horticulturists, say that this lovely plant and its fellows cannot be cultivated, and Dean Close regret- lully echoed this in describing in ' Good Words' his passage over the Simplon. This idea is quite erroneous, as anybody can prove who carries out the directions given farther on in this book. Having arrived at the summit, let us sit down and survey the varied and magnificent prospect around. On one side we have. Fig. 56.—View of a part of distant range. the Jura range, and the wide sunny valley cultivated in every spot below the town of Geneva, and, between the Jura and our position, the lower part of the lake of Geneva, scarcely fluttered by the light breeze, the countless pleasant spots along its famous shores, and issuing from it the blue waters of the Rhone. Below the town it flows for some distance before being joined by the Arve, and from the summit of this mountain both may be seen wending their way to the meeting place—the one a dirty ash (olour, the other almost a porcelain blue. By turning to the other side, another beautiful and well cultivated valley is seen, and beyond it a round isolated mountain, which from Geneva looked as tall as some of the giant ones, but which now seems a mere Primrose Hill compared with others to be seen from thi's spot, Many green and well-pastured mountains he beyond, with dark clouds. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. London : J. Murray
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