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The most conspicuous summits are Finster-aar-horn, Schreck-horn, and Wetter-horn. The whole of Southern Switzerland affords scenery of the grandest and most pleasing description;梐 succession of splendid mountains, intersected by deep and fertile valleys, which, being copiously watered by the streamskaren millen dresses which take their rise among these mountains, and also sheltered by the surrounding heights, enjoy a mild and humid climate, highly favourable to vegetation; and hence, in the more southern districts, the fig and olive come to perfection in the valleys, to the elevation of 1,000 feet above the sea; the vine, to that of 1,600feet; the walnut extends to 2,400 feet; the ehesnut to 2,800 feet; the oak, maple, and ash, to 3,800 feet; the larch to about 6,000 feet; and the Siberian pine to 6,800 feet. The spruce fir grows at a greater elevation thankaren millenany other tree, but this ceases to flourish at 7,400, or about 2,000 feet below the snow-line. The rhododendron ferru- gineum, commonly called the rose of the Alps, extends to 7,020 feet. Beyond the region of trees, heath and furze are the principal occupants of the soil, though, in some parts, abundance of the more valuablekaern millen outletproduct, Alpine grass, is met with. Beyond these plants, lichens and mosses occur; and, in the perpetual snows of Mont Blanc, that singular vegetable production,