. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 9. Botany; Botany. u 371 William Seifriz The former monastery, Kozmo Damian, situated at an altitude of 650 m. on the north mountain slope, has now been converted into a hospice for travellers. It was formerly frequented by the Czar who used it as a hunting lodge. Here visitors may rest with primitive comforts and meet with other naturalists, for a part of the monastery is a museum and biological laboratory. The former royal hunting reserve is now a national forest. Cutting and grazing are prohibited. Plant and animal life will grow hencefort
. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 9. Botany; Botany. u 371 William Seifriz The former monastery, Kozmo Damian, situated at an altitude of 650 m. on the north mountain slope, has now been converted into a hospice for travellers. It was formerly frequented by the Czar who used it as a hunting lodge. Here visitors may rest with primitive comforts and meet with other naturalists, for a part of the monastery is a museum and biological laboratory. The former royal hunting reserve is now a national forest. Cutting and grazing are prohibited. Plant and animal life will grow henceforth undisturbed. Conclusion. A good impression of the coarser features of the altitudinal distribution of plants on the southern slopes of the Crimean mountains may be had from the Black Sea directly opposite the Nikita Spur. Fig. 3 is a sketch made a mile off shore and shows, first, the coastal zone, with a Juniperus wood isolated. Fig. 3. The Yaila Spur seen from the Black Sea, showing the juniper (dotted), cultivated (white) pine (crossed), and alpine (white) regions: N = Nikita Gardens, G = Gursup. from scattered Quercus and Carpinus trees and the cultivated areas; second, the next two zones of pine; and third, the alpine zone. Naturally, at a great distance Pinus silvestris is not to be distinguished from P. laricio, nor is an herbaceous undergrowth visible. The Crimea shows great diversity in floral types; its extensive northern steppes are covered, where salty, with Artemisia, elsewhere with Salvia, Medicago, Onobrychis, and the grasses Stipa, Festuca and Bromus; on its only slightly less dry south coast grow junipers where the ground is rocky, and oaks in those more favourable areas which have been left untouched by an intensive agriculture; its mountains are covered with pine on the south and dense beech forests on the north; the open woods at upper elevations harbour a rich herbaceous growth; and the high plateaus are carpeted with alpine meadows where the Crimean ''Ede
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