AT THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL FRUIT SHOW. 69 
ZONES. PLACES WHENCE SUBJECTS OF EXHIBITION WERE 
RECEIVED 
LATITUDE 
Oto 5 | British Guian 
5 %0 10 | Ceylon, Ve т 
10 #015 | Niger, жый I of Africa, 
15 to 20 Siam, R 
e 
25 to 30 Upper Egypt, Natal. 
30 to 35 | Australia, Ари; Syria. 
35 to 40 | Algeria, Malta, Tabreez in Persia, Thessaly, Italy. 
40 to 45 | North vi n, South of France, United States, Canada, Nova Scotia, 
ick. 
45 to 50 titi, “Otile; Үап 
50 to 55 | Belgium, Walelicrén, Tarand, Altona, Ham 
55 to 60 ae ра of Britain, Stockholm, Copa Koorland; Russia, 
sburg ; Norway, Christiani 
60 to 65 Раба Жыз anger, Sondal. 
65 to 70 | Lyksele, Lapla ба ag about 68° N., or more than 100 miles within 
the DUAE r circ 
From the above it will be seen that subjects of exhibition were sent 
from the hottest parts of the globe, and also from almost the most 
northern habitable countries. Considering their high latitude, the 
Scandinavian nations contributed most liberally. Their productions, in 
connection with the circumstances under which they have to be obtained, 
may be first taken into consideration. In Sweden and Norway, cultiva- 
tion reaches its extreme northern limit, and it extends to a higher 
parallel in the latter than in any other country on the face of the globe. 
NORWAY. 
When we reflect on the northern position of Norway, it seems 
astonishing that it could produce such fruits and vegetables as those 
exhibited from it. No one would think of comparing them with the 
productions of sunny Italy, and those of other lands enjoying a ere 
climate. Nevertheless many of the fruits, though not large, 
brilliancy of colour which rendered them attractive even among the 
great assemblage of which they formed a part. Our days are warmer, 
and our nights are not liable to be occasionally so cold in summer as 
those of Norway, where, even in the southern parts, vegetation is little 
more than a mile from the limit of perpetual snow; yet our fruits, wit 
heat enough, whether natural or artificial, are often deficient in colour. 
What, it may be asked, is the cause of this difference? In the course 
of briefly glancing at the circumstances by which the vegetation of 
Norway is peculiarly affected, some light on the subject may arise. 
In a * Synopsis of the Vegetable Products of Norway,” ably | 
up by Dr. Е. C. Schübeler, these circumstances are well pointed out. 
His remarks are very interesting, and some of them, to which we shal 
refer, bear on facts of considerable importance to both ene 
and agriculturists: 
Nirsej lies between 58? and 71? north latitude. Compared. iri 
Britain, its southern part is as far north as Sutherlandshire; Christiania, 
