Western Light | 1914-05-30 | Page 4 | The Highest Garden

1 The Garden j jOne I. I One of the most extraordinary mary botanic anc gad gardens s ini I th the wo world ld s s Jha lai laid out at an altitude of feet on on ont t the Little St. St Bernard Jl near x the he valley of Aosta f j This garden g r n established est late rector of the hospice M. M Chanoux comprises specimens of practically all an mountain flora whether it j grows in inthe inthe the Alps the Balkans the ans the Caucasus t the Pyrenees the Himalayas yas' yas or or mountain of America Japan and New w Zeal Zealand nd It was was begun begun fn in 1892 v bul s I ot actually ready for inspection until 1897 when the r rector r of the t e hospice it to the care oi Professor Vaccari M was was' particularly particular l ly encouraged enco rag d in- in li s work by bi French and Italian n private and public sub sub- sc I