272, SPORT IN NORWAY. 
in places in the south; it is much used with coffee. More than 
300,000 lbs. are annually imported into the country. 
Ciover (Trifolium pratense, L. ‘ Rodklover”).— The red, 
white, and Alsike clover are to be found both in a wild and culti- 
vated state nearly everywhere in the south. 
CucumBEeR (Cucumis sativus, L. “ Agurk”).—In average 
summers, cucumbers can be grown in the open as far north as 
Throndhjem, They are grown in beds up to lat. 70°. 
DruMHEAD WHITE CappaGE, “ Hovedkaal.”—Is the most 
generally cultivated of all the cabbage tribe. Cabbages weighing 
17 lbs. have been grown under lat. 64°. They do not, however, 
thrive within the polar circle. The largest cabbage that has been 
grown near Christiania weighed 30lbs. The average yield is 
about 40 tons per acre. 
Fuax (Linum usitatissimum, “ Lin.”).—The cultivation of 
flax in Norway is probably as old as the cultivation of corn. It 
may be met with here and there in a cultivated state up to the 
polar circle ; but it is grown less and less every year. Indeed, 
none of the plants which are cultivated for their uses in the arts 
and manufactures occupy an important place in Norwegian agri- 
culture, as they can be obtained much cheaper from abroad; and 
as long as Norway has to import a considerable quantity of 
bread corn, it would be improper, as a rule, to grow other plants 
than those which are absolutely necessary to the sustenance of 
human life, and at the same time useful in re-invigorating the 
soil. 
Garic (Allium sativum, L. “ Hvidlog”).—Is very rarely 
grown, and is seldom used. The peasants occasionally use it 
mixed in ‘‘ Brendeviin” as a remedy in cases of illness. 
Hemp (Cannabis sativa, L. ‘‘ Hamp ”).—Occupies, probably, 
a smaller space than any plant in Norwegian agriculture, owing 
to the causes alluded to under the head of flax. 
Hor (Humulus Lupulus, L. “ Humle”).—Grows wild in low- 
lands up to the polar circle. It is not very generally an object 
of cultivation. More than 800,000 lbs. are annually imported. 
Beer-drinking in Norway is probably of as old a date as in Ger- 
many ; and as the importation of hops is never alluded to in any 
ancient documents, it must either have been cultivated or else 
the wild hop was used, In all probability, both was the case. 
HorskE-RADISH (Cochlearia Armoracia, L. “ Peberrod”),—Is 
