CONTENTS

PART I
AN APPRECIATION
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I.[Of our Enthusiasm for “Alpines”]3
II.[Alpine Flower-Fields]12
III.[The May Fields]21
IV.[The Vernal Gentian]35
V.[In Storm and Shine]48
VI.[The June Meadows]64
VII.[On Floral Attractiveness and Colour]86
VIII.[The Rhododendron]102
IX.[The July Fields]114
X.[The Autumn Crocus]134
PART II
A PLEA
CHAPTER.Page
XI.[Alpine Fields for England]149
XII.[Some Ways and Means]162
[L’Envoi]179
[INDEX]189

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1.[Caltha palustris and Primula farinosa on the upper fields of Champex towards the end of May]Frontispiece
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2.[Gentiana verna and Primula farinosa on the lower fields of Champex towards the end of May, with part of the massif of Saleinaz in the background]2
3.[Lac Champex in cloudland at the end of May; Caltha palustris and Primula farinosa by the water-edge]8
4.[The upper fields of Champex early in June, with the Grand Combin in the distance]13
5.[Trollius europæus, the Globe Flower, on the cloud-swept fields in early June]17
6.[Anemone sulphurea and Viola calcarata in the Val d’Arpette in June]25
7.[Early-June fields beyond Praz de Fort in the Val Ferret, backed by the Groupe du Grand Saint-Bernard et du Grand Golliaz]32
8.[The Paradise Lily (Paradisia Liliastrum) near the Glacier de Trient about the middle of June]40
9.[June meadows of Salvia, Lychnis, etc., in the Val Ferret, just before arriving at the village of Praz de Fort]48
10.[Field of Campanula rhomboidalis on the Col de la Forclaz about the beginning of July]57
11.[In the early-July fields at Champex]65
12. [Evening among the fields of pink Bistort at Lac Champex; sunset-glow on the Grand Combin, July]73
13.[Haymaking at Champex in the middle of July]81
14.[The Autumn Crocus in the fields near the village of Trient, with the Aiguille du Tour in the background, September]88
15.[Anemone sulphurea and Gentiana excisa painted directly in the fields at the end of May]97
16.[Primula farinosa, Gentiana verna, Micheli’s Daisy, Bartsia alpina, Polygala alpina, and the two Pinguiculas or Butterworts, painted directly in the fields at the end of May]105
17.[Gentiana verna, the type-plant, and some of its forms]113
18.[Geranium sylvaticum, Potentilla rupestris, Centaurea montana, the pink Bistort, the little Alpine Bistort, painted on the spot in the fields at the beginning of July]122
19.[Paradisia Liliastrum, the Paradise or St. Bruno’s Lily]129
20.[Rosa alpina, the thornless Alpine Eglantine]136
21.[Young plants of Veratrum album, together with Salvia pratensis, Phyteuma betonicæfolium, P. orbiculare, the white and the yellow Euphrasia, and the yellow Clover, drawn on the spot at the beginning of July]144
22.[Arnica, the Brown Gentian (G. purpurea), Campanula barbata, and the fiery little Hieracium aurantiacum, painted from life in the fields towards the middle of July]152
23.[The tall yellow Hypochœris uniflora, Centaurea uniflora, the Golden Hawkweed (Crepis aurea) drawn from life in the July fields]160
24.[Gentiana campestris and Gentiana bavarica]169
25.[Astrantia major, A. minor, and the Apollo butterfly]176
26.[The Willow Gentian (G. asclepiadea) and the Alpine Cotton Grass (Eriophorum Scheuchzeri)]182

PART I