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to eat on the spot. And that if the owner of the lands refuses 
to give permission, they may not even be plucked for immediate 
use, under a penalty of 1 to 20 dollars.” 
CoRNELIAN CHERRY-TREE (Cornus mascula, L. “ Cornel Kir- 
seber ”).—Only cultivated in the neighbourhood of Christiania. 
Cowserry (V. Vitis Idea, L. “* Tyteber”). 
Binperry (V. Myrtillus, Li, “ Blaaber ”). 
Bog WuortLeserry (V. Uliginosum, L. ‘ Blokkebeer”).— 
Grow wild over the whole country. The ‘‘ Tyteber” figures now 
rather largely in the exports of Norway, large quantities being 
annually sent to Germany and England. This and the 
‘“‘Blaaber” are much used in Norwegian households for pre- 
serves, &c. A preparation from the latter is often used as a 
preventive against diarrhoea by the peasants. The “'Traneber” 
are found ripe in early spring, having remained the winter 
through beneath the snow. A most refreshing and acid syrup is 
made from them. 
CRANBERRY (Vacciniwm Oxycoccos, L. “* Traneber”’). 
Currant, Rep (Ribes rubrum, L. “ Ribs”).—Grows wild as 
far north as Finmark, and produces shoots 20 inches long 
under lat. 70°. Red and white varieties are cultivated as far 
north as Finmark. ‘ Nowhere have I seen finer currants, both as 
to size and flavour, than near Christiania.” 
(Ribes nigrum, L. “Solber”).—Occasionally to be found 
srowing wild in the south up to lat. 63° about. It is said also 
to have been found growing wild, and to ripen (?) in Svanevig, 
East Finmark, close to the Russian frontier. In a cultivated 
state it will ripen in favourable summers in West Finmark, 
lat. 68° 49'. 
The Mounratn Currant (2. alpinum, L.).—Grows wild as 
far north as Finmark. 
Ever (Sambucus nigra, L. “ Hylletre”)—lIt is scarcely 
possible to say whether this tree is indigenous to the country. It 
is very probable that it was introduced by the monks in the 
middle ages. It is found, however, both in a wild and cultivated 
state in several parts along the coast up to lat. 64°, nearly. The 
fruit will not ripen further north than Throndhjem. On Hovedo, 
in the Christiania Fjord, close to the town, it is found in plenty. 
On this island may be seen the ruins of an old Cistercian cloister, 
which was destroyed by fire in 1532. 
