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Summer Flowers of the High Alps

Chapter 3: Illustrations
By Somerville Hastings
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About This Book

An illustrated naturalist's guide presenting direct colour photographs and concise notes on high‑mountain wildflowers, with plates showing specimens as found in their natural habitats. Representative common species are chosen and labelled with English, French, and German names, accompanied by brief identification and habitat remarks. The text describes how altitude, exposure, and local climate create distinct vegetation zones—from lowland woods and subalpine conifer forests to alpine meadows and scree—outlines seasonal flowering patterns, and offers practical advice on when and where to see the blooms. A short introduction explains photographic methods and points to further reading for deeper study.

Illustrations

The Spiny Fuller’s Thistle Frontispiece
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The Narcissus-Flowered Anemone 2
The Globe Flower 4
The Common Monk’s-Hood 6
The Yellow Wolf’s-Bane 8
The Two-Flowered Violet 10
The Long-Spurred Pansy 12
The Box-Leaved Milkwort 14
The Creeping Gypsophila 16
The Moss Campion or Cushion Pink 18
The Wood Geranium 20
The Alpine Clover 22
The Brown Clover 24
The Cold Mountain-Lentil 26
The Dull-Flowered Sweet Clover or Alpine Sainfoin 28
The White Dryas 30
The Alpine Rose 32
Fleischer’s Willow-Herb 34
The Mountain House-Leek 36
Sempervivum Funckii 38
The Evergreen Saxifrage 40
The Large Astrantia 42
The Alpine Starwort or Alpine Aster 44
The Cat’s-Foot, Mountain Everlasting or Mountain Cudweed 46
The Arnica 48
The Round-Headed Rampion 52
The Bearded Bell-Flower or Campanula 54
The Dwarf Hair-Bell or Bell-Flower 56
The Hairy-Leaved Alpenrose 58
The Lesser Winter-Green 60
The Stemless Gentian 62
The Short-Leaved Gentian 64
The Alpine Toad-Flax 66
The Alpine Balsam 68
The Leafy Lousewort 70
The Yellow Auricula 72
The Marsh Orchis 74
The Lady’s Slipper 76
The White Veratrum 78