For enough is far better than a feast. It is one thing to be spiritually sentimental; it is quite another thing to know where to draw a right line in spiritual sentiment. Happy the man who is endowed with the double capacity; happy the man who can allow these flowers to lift him to a higher plane of being; and then, when reasonableness begins to flag, turn to his floral cicerones and say with firmness: “Excuse me, but I must now be getting back to dinner. And you, in your turn, you know, must be preparing to be dinner for the cows.”
SOME PROMINENT PASTURE FLOWERS IN BLOOM AROUND CHAMPEX, JUNE 15, 1910
Ajuga pyramidalis (Alpine Bugle).
Alchemilla alpina.
” vulgaris (Lady’s Mantle).
Anemone narcissiflora.
” sulphurea.
Antennaria dioica (Cudweed; Cat’s-ear).
Anthericum Liliago.
” ramosum.
Anthyllis vulneraria, forma alpestris (Kidney Vetch or Ladies’ Fingers).
Biscutella lævigata.
Campanula rhomboidalis.
” rotundifolia.
Centaurea montana (Bluebottle; Knapweed; Mountain Cornflower).
Cerastium arvense (Field Mouse-ear).
Dianthus Carthusianorum (Carthusian Pink).
Echium vulgare (Viper’s Bugloss).
Euphrasia alpina.
” minima (Yellow Eyebright).
” officinalis (Eyebright).
Geranium sylvaticum (Wood Crane’s-bill).
Geum rivale (Water Avens).
Globularia cordifolia.
Hippocrepis comosa (Horseshoe Vetch).
Lathyrus heterophyllus (Mountain Everlasting Pea).
” sylvestris (Wood Everlasting Pea).
Linum alpinum (Alpine Flax).
Lotus corniculatus (Bird’s-foot Trefoil).
Lychnis dioica (Wood Campion).
” Flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin).
” viscaria (Red Catchfly).
Muscari comosum.
Myosotis alpestris (Alpine Forget-me-not).
Onobrychis viciæfolia (Sainfoin).
| Cephalanthera ensifolia | } | Helleborine. |
| ” rubra |
| Phyteuma betonicifolium | } | Rampion. |
| ” orbiculare |
| Polygala alpestris | } | Milkwort. |
| ” vulgaris |