272 SPORT IN NORWAY. 



in places in the south ; it is much used with coffee. More than 

 300,0001bs. are annually imported into the country. 



CLOVER (Trifdium 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. 



CUCUMBER (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 CABBAGE, " Hovedkaal." Is the most 

 generally cultivated of all the cabbage tribe. Cabbages weighing 

 171bs. 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 301bs. The average yield is 

 about 40 tons per acre. 



FLAX (Linurn tisitatissimum, "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 aud 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. 



GARLIC (Allium sativum, L. "Hvidlog"). Is very rarely 

 grown, and is seldom used. The peasants occasionally use it 

 mixed in " Brasndeviin " 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. 



HOP (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 300,0001bs. 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. 



HORSE-RADISH (Cochlearia Armaracia, L. "Peberrod"). Is 



