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Alpine Flower Gardens:
Botanical gardens will be found at Zurich, Basel, Geneva and St. Gall; a special garden of tropical plants is maintained on the Brissago Islands, in Lake Maggiore, almost at the Italian frontier; and Alpine flower gardens of interest are at Sckynige Platte, near Interlaken, and at Rochers-de-Naye, a mountain resort nearly 6000 feet above sea level, reached by an electric mountain railway, in one hour, from Montreux.Gardens are at their magnificent best in sun-warmed Monaco, so closely guarded from rough winds by the Maritime Alps. Four varied gardens, all beautifully maintained, are the Casino Park and Flower Beds; the Exotic Gardens (with interesting grottoes), appropriately known as "Petite Afrique," boasting tropical trees and shrubs; the neighboring Park of Princess Antoinette; and the St. Martin Gardens, with their handsome pines, adjacent to the Oceanographic Museum on Monaco Rock.
That title is not mine. It was penned by the English garden writer Reginald Farrer, a man who had a profound influence on gardeners of the Edwardian Era just before World War I and who did more to popularize alpine plants than any other. It is said that at elegant and sophisticated dinners where conversation usually dealt with gossip and scandal, everyone turned to talk of alpine wildflowers, drainage, and compost when Mr. Farrer walked into the room. Rock gardens were so popular it's as though the National Enquirer would suddenly devote its pages to planting vegetables instead of its usual fare.
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