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It would be exlremely interesting to experiment wilh these trees in 

 the Færoes. Whether a satisfactory result would be obtained is 

 however far from being certain beforehand, as in addition to the 

 temperature and dampness there is also another very essential 

 factor, to be considered, namely, the influence of the wind on vege- 

 tation. The Falkland Islands, for example, where the climate is 

 likewise very similar lo that of the Færoes, are quite without woods. 



Fig. 201. Flower garden at the manse in Kvivig. Polijijinunn I 

 Irin, Lilium etc, (K. B. ph 



Diyrapliis anindinacea. Gi 



and the principal reason for this is stated by Skottsberg to be the 

 exceedingly strong, south-west wind which blows continually. And in 

 describing the vegetation ofTierra del Fuego he writes (»Ymer«, 1. c, 

 p. 421): »In some piaces near the sea and exposed to the terrible wind, 

 as the peninsula near Ushuaia, Gable Islands etc, I saw a formation 

 of boggy grassland . , . .«, that is, no forest there. The many and 

 strong winds of the Færoes will certainly place great obstacles in 

 the way of all planting of trees and it is assuredly due not least 

 to the wind's influence that there are no trees on the islands. 



Some years ago a piece of ground in the neighbourhood of 

 Thorshavn was enclosed for the purposc of forming a plantation 



