. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. THE HIGH ALPINE FLORA OF BRITAIN 167 *Ben Achallader, 3399 ft. Ben Avere, 3362 ft. *Buchaille Etive Mor, 3345 ft. Ben Ime, 3318 ft. PERTHSHIRE *Ben Lawers, 3984 ft. *Ben More, 3843 ft. *Ben Ein, 3827 ft. Ben-y-Gloe, 3671 ft. *Schiehallion, 3547 ft. *Ben Heas-garnich, 3530 ft. *Glas Thulachan, 3445 ft. Cam Mairg, 3419 ft. *Meall Ghaordie, 3407 ft. Chabinn, 3354 ft- Ben Udlaman, 3306 ft. *Creag Mhor, 3305 ft. Ben Dearg of Atholl, 3304 ft. CAERNARVONSHIRE *Snowdon, 3571 ft. *Carnedd Llewelyn, 3482 ft. *Carnedd
. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. THE HIGH ALPINE FLORA OF BRITAIN 167 *Ben Achallader, 3399 ft. Ben Avere, 3362 ft. *Buchaille Etive Mor, 3345 ft. Ben Ime, 3318 ft. PERTHSHIRE *Ben Lawers, 3984 ft. *Ben More, 3843 ft. *Ben Ein, 3827 ft. Ben-y-Gloe, 3671 ft. *Schiehallion, 3547 ft. *Ben Heas-garnich, 3530 ft. *Glas Thulachan, 3445 ft. Cam Mairg, 3419 ft. *Meall Ghaordie, 3407 ft. Chabinn, 3354 ft- Ben Udlaman, 3306 ft. *Creag Mhor, 3305 ft. Ben Dearg of Atholl, 3304 ft. CAERNARVONSHIRE *Snowdon, 3571 ft. *Carnedd Llewelyn, 3482 ft. *Carnedd Dafydd, 3430 ft. KERRY *Carn Tual, 3414 ft. *Beenkeragh, 3314 ft. Ben lutharn, 1044 m. Cam Mairg, 1042 m. *Carn Tual, 1041 m. Sgurr-na-Cichie, 1040 m. *Meall Ghaordie, 1039 i *Ben Achallader, 1036 m. Ben Attow. 1031 m. Ben Avere, 1025 m. Chabinn, 1022 m. *Buchaille Etive Mor, 1020 m. Ladhar Beinn, m. Meall Thionail, 1019 in. Ben Ime, 1013 m. *Beenkeragh, ion m. Cairn Bannoch, 1011 m. Ben Eay, 1009 m. Ben More (of Ross-shire), 1008 m. *Creag Mhor (of Perthshire), 1008 m. Ben Udlaman (of Perthshire), 1008 m. Ben Dearg of Atholl, m. Sgurr Soch, 1006 None of the three British Gymnosperms ascend to 1000 m., nor do any of the Dicotyledonous trees. The following notes on the limits of sallow, birch, and aspen in Scotland may be of interest. The birch and the sallow (earliest flowering of the British willows) both ascend to 610 m. on hills of the Atholl district of Perthshire, and no higher else- where in the Highlands ; though Dickie says that, at 670 m., on the summit of the ridge north from Mount Keen in Aberdeenshire he saw " the dead remains of birches, far larger than any growing at lower altitudes on other mountains of the ; Watson also says, " On Ben Nevis, under the snow-rocks of the northern precipice, I observed a seedling almost at the upper limit of Empetrum nigrum, there, in consequence of the cold, humid, sunless situation, fail
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