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in bloom, and much fruit and vegetables. Visiting the botany class 
in school I enjoyed seeing the pupils examine the fall flowers, but 
otherwise there was a great deal of book study. In an English 
class the pupils could read well, but were unable to speak English. 
By train to Oslo, through the valley and mountain district of 
Pelemark, I passed Gaustafjell, the highest mountain in southern 
Norway. At the botanic garden in Oslo I saw again Professor 
Holmboe, who had also just returned from England. He ex- 
pressed his satisfaction that unity had been attained in the rules of 
nomenclature. The Oslo herbarium is of considerable size and 
rich in Scandinavian and Arctic specimens. The lichen collection 
in charge of Dr. Lynge is especially extensive. He had recently 
returned from an expedition to Northeastern Greenland. In ear- 
lier years he had collected in Spitzbergen and in Nova Zembla. 
He introduced me to Professor Broch, professor of Slavonic lan- 
— 
guages, who had just returned from Russia. Thus [I obtained 
‘latou, Nor- 
wegian Consul in Leningrad, and Dr. Wolgin, secretary of the 
helpful information and letters of introduction to Mr. 
Leningrad Academy of Science. At the Russian Legation | was 
informed that there would be no delay in obtaining the visa to 
enter Russia. [| must bring three photographs, write out the re- 
quired information and pay $12. 
In Oslo I visited the school gardens, which are very extensive, 
perhaps fifty acres in different places. The children do not have 
poy 
individua 
not work so well as the present method. Groups of about thirty 
plots. They had begun that way, I was told, but it did 
children each worked under the direction of a teacher. The aim 
was not primarily educational, as with our Children’s Garden, but 
to produce as much vegetables and fruit as possible. Piles of fruits 
and vegetables were laid by the garden paths, one for each child 
working, and taken by them in bags or baskets as they went out. 
Often the parents stood at the gates with baskets to help carry, as 
the loads in the fall were so heavy. The children were especially 
concerned as to how many apples or pears they were going to 
have; the vegetables aroused less interest. Near-by, and also in 
gs 
laver or allotment 
— 
different parts outside the city, were “ koloni 
gardens. T[lere plots of about half an acre are rented by the 
municipality for a very low sum and families put up small cabins 
and live there during the summer months. 
