The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . in this alpine villageseveral small hotels and /atsions, simply but well Amongst the excursions to celebrated valleys, toadmire glaciers and very high mountains, the best,without doubt, from a botanical point of view, is thatto Zermatt in the Valais. The guide-books willdirect the traveller how he may arrive there in a dayand a half, or even in one long day from view of Mont Cervin and of Monte Rosa, withtheir glaciers, is very fine, but the large number oftourists is a drawback to the plea


The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . in this alpine villageseveral small hotels and /atsions, simply but well Amongst the excursions to celebrated valleys, toadmire glaciers and very high mountains, the best,without doubt, from a botanical point of view, is thatto Zermatt in the Valais. The guide-books willdirect the traveller how he may arrive there in a dayand a half, or even in one long day from view of Mont Cervin and of Monte Rosa, withtheir glaciers, is very fine, but the large number oftourists is a drawback to the pleasure of a stay liiner is to be met with at Zermatt : he sellsthings interesting to naturalists and also understandsplants, and can give valuable directions to those whoseek them. The traveller who arrives in Switzerland after themiddle of July has little to see as regards wild or cul-tivated plants. He resembles a man who seeks forhandsome equipages in Hyde Park in the middle ofSeptember. I would advise him, if he cannot visitSwitzerland earlier, to study the \ ineyards in Canton. KiG. 93.—ACER DISTYLUM. conducted, where many Swiss families go in summerto breathe pure air, drink milk, and walk about themountains. I have heard the pension Marietta wellspoken of, and it is a very good centre for botanicalexcursions. An English family would (iiid it verycomfortable and agreeable, and the society less mixedand less pretentious than in the larger hotels in morefrequented neighbourhoods. There are above the valley small glaciers, andaround them, as on all these mountains, there is arich vegetation, alpine and sub-alpine. The mostmteresting spots for a botanist to visit are Anzeindar,the Col de Cheville Bovonaz, la Vare, and the visitors can join the Swiss botanists, whofrequently make excursions in this neighbourhood,they will be much delighted. Professor Favrat, ofLausanne, brings his pupils here. I observe alsothat M. Jean Louis Thomas, of Devens, near Bex,cul


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