. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. Pakt I. A LITTLE TOUR IN THE ALPS. 93 \ -Hl^ in the simple course and simple possessions of daily life. The other cottage, in the midst of an inconceivable, inexpressible beauty, set on some sloping bank of golden sward, with clear fountains flowing beside it, and wild flowers, and noble trees, and goodly rocks gathered round into a perfection as of Para- dise, is itself a dark and plague-like stain in the midst of the gentle landscape. Within a certain distance of its threshold the ground is foul and cattle- trampled ; its timbers are bl
. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. Pakt I. A LITTLE TOUR IN THE ALPS. 93 \ -Hl^ in the simple course and simple possessions of daily life. The other cottage, in the midst of an inconceivable, inexpressible beauty, set on some sloping bank of golden sward, with clear fountains flowing beside it, and wild flowers, and noble trees, and goodly rocks gathered round into a perfection as of Para- dise, is itself a dark and plague-like stain in the midst of the gentle landscape. Within a certain distance of its threshold the ground is foul and cattle- trampled ; its timbers are black with smoke, its garden choked with weeds and name- less refuse, its chambers empty and joyless, the light and wind gleaming and filtering thfough the crannies of their stones. All testifies that, to its inha- bitant, the world is labour and vanity ; that for him neither flowers bloom, nor birds sing, nor fountains glis - ten ; and that his soul hardly differs from the grey cloud that coils and dies upon his hills, except in having no fold .of it touched by the sun- ; An hour brought us to a chilet, where we discussed the advisability of remaining all night, as the rain had begun to come down in torrents; howevei;, I decided to go on, as I. wished to overtake a friend who, I expected, would be at the head of the valley on that day, and off we again started in the drenching rain. The water soon began to trickle across our path in tiny streamlets, hinting the desirability of getting on as quickly as possible, and the crosses still followed us with their doleful associations. Presently, on coming to an immense scarp of wet. Fig. 62.—An alpine waterfall. rusty mountain-side, from which many masses had been detached. 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
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