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Q. sessiflora is only found in one part near Lindesnass ; it 

 reaches a respectable size, but not nearly so large as the common 

 oak. 



PRIVET (Ligustrum vulgare, L.). Is only found in a wild state 

 in some of the islands at the mouth of the Christiania Fjord. 



ROSE (7?os). Many species are found growing wild as far 

 north as lat. 66. In a cultivated state they will thrive in warm 

 summers up to lat. 69. 



SALLOW THOBN (Hippophde rhamnoides, L. " Tindved "). 

 Grows wild up to lat. 67. Near Throndhjem it will attain a 

 height of 14 to 16 feet. 



SCOTCH FIB (Pinus Sylve.stris, L. "Furu"). The largest 

 forests are to be found in the eastern districts. It grows as far 

 north as East Finmark. Its altitude on the mountains is 2,600 to 

 2,400 feet below the limit of eternal snow. It requires from 200 to 

 250 years before a tree has attained its full maturity so as to be 

 adapted for masts, &c. In exposed places near the sea, these 

 trees assume a peculiar form, viz., they become flat or compressed 

 on the crown, resembling the cedar. 



SPINDLE TREE (Eucerymtis Europceus, L.) Has only been 

 found in a wild state at one place in Norway, viz., in Fladdal in 

 Thelemarken. 



SPURGE LAUREL (Daphne Mezereum, L. " Tyved "). Grows 

 wild in lowlands up to lat. 67. 



WILLOW (Salir, L. " Silje " or " Vidje "). About 30 species 

 are found growing wild up to Finmark. 



YEW (Taxus baccata, L. " Barlind"). Grows wild in places in 

 the south of Norway, but is not found above lat. 61. 



III. CEREALS. 



BARLEY (Hordeum vulgare, L. " Byg "). The four-rowed 

 barley is most generally cultivated in Norway. Of all the 

 cereals, it can be grown further north, and at the greatest alti- 

 tude. Indeed, its limit on the mountains is about the same as 

 that of spruce fir, rather less. According to the last census, 

 barley composed 24'1 per cent, of the whole com produce of the 

 country. At Alton, lat. 70, barley has been known to grow 



