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Excerpt from Holidays on High Lands: Or, Rambles and Incidents in Search of Alpine Plants
The following chapters may be regarded as popular studies in geographical botany. Although each is separate and distinct, they have 'all a common basis and bond of unity. Their aim is to impart a general idea of the origin, character, and distribution of those rare and beautiful Alpine plants which occur on the British hills, and which are found almost everywhere in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, wherever there are mountain chains sufficiently lofty to furnish them with a suitable climate. In the first three chapters, the peculiar vegetation of the Highland mountains is fully described while in the remaining chapters this vegetation is traced to its northern cradle in the mountains of Norway, and to its southern European termination in the Alps of Switzerland. All the excursions mentioned were made during intervals of relaxation from professional work.
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