Chapter II: Part II: A Plea

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