. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. io6 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part I. looking houses, as much superior to those of some of the Swiss valleys as an Australian clipper is to a Thames barge, begin to appear in abundance ; the slopes of the hills are frequently terraced, to give the necessary basis for pursuing a little cultiva- tion ; and the churches are large and well decorated in the interior. Vines begin to appear, and for the most part are trained on a high loose trellis from five to seven feet above the surface of the ground, so as to permit of the cultivation of a crop undern
. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. io6 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part I. looking houses, as much superior to those of some of the Swiss valleys as an Australian clipper is to a Thames barge, begin to appear in abundance ; the slopes of the hills are frequently terraced, to give the necessary basis for pursuing a little cultiva- tion ; and the churches are large and well decorated in the interior. Vines begin to appear, and for the most part are trained on a high loose trellis from five to seven feet above the surface of the ground, so as to permit of the cultivation of a crop underneath. The trellises are frequently held up by flat thin pillars of rough stone, which support branches tied here and there with willows. It seems a good plan for .countries with a superabundance of light and sun. From nearly every rock and cliff along the valley spring the pretty rosettes and foxbrush- like panicles of flowers of the great silvery Saxifrage. But, beyond doubt, the charm of the valley is its ever-varying and magnificent scenery. No- thing can surpass many of the prospects from the lower parts, where you get a fore- ground of Italian valley vege- tation—the deep-cut river bed below, the ascending, well- clothed mountains to the right and left, and then up the valley the higher pine- clad slopes, all again crowned by the majestic mountain of the rosy crest. Our Scotch and Irish friends who now and then enthusiastically bore us about their often dreary and boggy wastes, should be sent in single file through one of these southern valleys of the Alps, and for ever silenced thereby. But the most passionate and unreasoning love of country would be excusable in the inhabitants of these happy spots, enriched with the vine and other products of the south, sheltered by evergreen, and chastened by arctic, hills. In fact, the valley is a Paradise, with one exception—beside every church there is one of those small buildings in which numerous skulls of the departed are pla
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