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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- 

 sebfer "). Only cultivated in the neighbourhood of Christiania. 



COWBERRY ( V. Vitis Idcea, L. " Tytebser"). 



BILBERRY (F. MyrtUlus, L. " Blaabasr"). 



BOG WHORTLEBERRY (F. Uliginosum, L. " Blokkebzer "). 

 Grow wild over the whole country. The " Tytebaer " figures now 

 rather largely in the exports of Norway, large quantities being 

 annually sent .to Germany and England. This and the 

 "Blaabzer" 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 " Tranebrcr " 

 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 (Vaccinium Oxycoccos, L. " Tranebser "). 



CURRANT, RED (Ribes rubrum, L. " Bibs "). Grows wild as 

 far north as Finmark, and produces shoots 20 inches long 

 under lat. 70. Eed 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. "Solbaer"). Occasionally to be found 

 growing 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 MOUNTAIN CURRANT (fl. alpinum, L.). Grows wild as 

 far north as Finmark. 



ELDER (Sambucus nigra, L. " Hylletra "). It is scarcely 

 [>ossible 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. 



