Summer Flowers Of The High Alps

Author : Somerville Hastings
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ISBN 13 : 9781330625545
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Summer Flowers of the High Alps (Classic Reprint) written by Somerville Hastings and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Summer Flowers of the High Alps The coloured plates of Alpine plants, which are the special feature of this book, are all reproduced from colour photographs taken directly from nature. The plants were all photographed exactly as they were found, with two exceptions, in the immediate neighbourhood of Rosenlaui in the Bernese Oberland during the month of July 1909; so that the pictures are true portraits of the flowers "at home." The Lumiere process of colour photography which was used, depends on the action of light on a photographic plate after its passage through various coloured starch grains. The process is entirely beyond the control of the operator, and the exact colours are automatically reproduced. These photographs have in turn been carefully reproduced for this work by the three colour process. The flowers here photographed were selected as good examples of common and typical species; and, of course, they represent but a very small portion of the rich flora of Switzerland. The present volume is intended as a short introduction to the subject, for the fuller study of which the following works are recommended: - A. Gremli, "The Flora of Switzerland." Translated by Paitson. A. W. Bennett, "The Flora of the Alps." G. Hoffmann, "Alpine Flora." Translated by E. S. Barton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.