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(Icad, llio lu'w lear-heariiig sliools ariso only IVoiii llicir Iowcsl 

 buds, — a phenomenon well-known whcrever the endeavour is 

 made lo Iransplant more soulherly and more delioate species to a 

 norlherly climale not suited to theni. This laet, that the shoots 

 do not succeed in maturing and thus die far down, very pro- 

 bably acts most harintully on the branching, and the leailess tree 

 thus obtains a somewhat erratic and irregular appearance from the 

 many short as well as bent and l)roken branches which appear in 

 this way. 



And as with the maple, so also with most of the other leafy 

 Irees planted, only much worse as a rule. Of the trees hilherto 

 tried the one that seems to stand the Færoese climate hest is the 

 Scandinavian rowan; where it is placed somewhat in shelter it 

 grows wonderfully well, which corresponds of course to ils con- 

 dilion on our barrenest healhs; alter the Scandinavian rowan comes 

 the maple, wliich though it sulTers a great deal yet attains a con- 

 siderable growth ; indced, the largest tree on Ihe Færoes at present 

 is certainly a maple. 



In 1898 I was at the FaMoes early in spring and the trees 

 were then nol (piile out, so that I had a good opportunily of ob- 

 serving somewhal closely how the different species had stood the 

 winter. On April 24lh I visited various gardens in Thorshavn for 

 this purpose; of the notes taken I give the following: 



Maple. The shoots of the year seem always to die far down, 

 so thai il is usually only 1 or 2 of the lowest buds which develop. 

 In spile of this bad treatment however the tree attains compara- 

 tively speaking fairly considerable dimensions. The maple ligured 

 (lig. 198), which stands in the garden of the High School, is ca. I8V2 

 feet highV the height of the Irunk lo the first branch is ca. 4 feet 

 and ils circumference ca. 25 indies. The age of the tree is not 

 exactly known but is probably about HO years. This ma})le, how- 

 ever is far from being the largest on the istands. The largest spec- 

 imen is most probably that in the lale Gonsul Hansen's garden 

 in Frederiksvaag, Thorshavn; this measures ca. 25 feet in height, 

 height of the trunk to the first branch ca. 8 feet and ils circum- 

 ference ca. 2V2 feet. 



Scandinavian Rou)an. The tops of the shoots are in general 

 quile undamaged. One tree in Nolsos garden in Thorshavn is 



^ The measurLMiieiits oi" some of tlie trees meiitioncd were kindly given me 

 by Vice-Gonsul O. Pinsen, clieniist in Tliorsliavn. 



