¬The¬ Dolomite Mountains : excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli in 1861, 1862, & 1863 ; with a geological chapter and pictorial illustrations from original drawings on the spot
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Autor:
Gilbert, Josiah ; Churchill, George C. / by Josiah Gilbert, and G. C. Churchill
Ort:
London
Verlag:
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green
Umfang:
XX, 576 S. : Ill., Kt.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort:
g.Dolomiten ; f.Reisebericht 1861-1863
Signatur:
II A-4.101
Intern-ID:
134614
dew, that my skirts were soaked ; and upon reacbing thè top, which was involved in mist driven rapidly by the wind, I was glad of the travelling rüg pinned round me in addition to the cloak, The sun had then risen, bnt of course was of little use to us. Early as it was, two gentlemeu were already on thè sum mit, one of whom enquired of G whether he had found any specimens of the ‘speik,’ a plant so character- istic of this mountain, as well as of the neighbouring Bau Alpe, as to obt-ain for both
the name of the c Speik kogel.’ He had been unable to discover any. £ Why, there are thousands 1 ’ answered G , pointing immediately to four plants at the speaker’s foot. As the view was so much obscured, we also betook ourselves to what we could see at our feet, and this was n early as varied a carpet as on the flowery pass of the Fedaia. The Speik (Valeriana, celtica) is a very small plant, formerly exported in great qiiantities, as an artici e of commerce, to Yenice and thence to the East