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The Gorner glacier which we crossed at first is here very uneven, but easy nevertheless. A few steps from the edge we came upon a bush of Alpine roses — roses without thorns . They found shelter in a hollow of the ground , and were the last traces of arborescent vegetation that we encountered . Several flowers were in bloom and seemed to welcome us to these deserts. My guide gathered one and ornamented his hat with it by way of retaining a souvenir of the regions of life which were about to quit.

[ a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais]