Decemser 5, 1857.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 823 
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he Society be given to Lady yore the; to the horticulture and agriculture of Norway have ; ey mae and ar have only been tried in the 
widow saat re a her invaluable prese The | hitherto fai oe t Chr istiant 
'fllowing e read:—1. “No ss: y Four} That there is is ample room for the development of his t he. Oher oi ny! is s pr obably not though tl 
varieties of P British "Plants, by John Hogg, Esq. The | efforts is vi by the fact that in the whole kingdom | is said to 2 old wood of Cl herry trees, pe two 
consisted of a white-flowered variety of Papaver | of Norway, an area of 5800 square ge ~ographi me * bagnen, | | English Stes ie. at Urnes, on a branch of the Sogne- 
; a luxuriant form of Astragalus wa rar there are as yet but about 50 i rd, in the diocese of Bergen. It is is eat bers up to 
eonsidered by Mr. Hogg to be the Astragalus pu and that in the dioces oy rine b. ania vie etic circle. Cherries 3 ripen well on standards at 
of De CandoMe; a curious monstrosity of "Plantago an area of 1534 square leagues, rimt are 54} square vibe , lat. 66° 15’, and would probably 7 succeed hn 
major, in which the lower flowers were converted into | leagues of undrained within the limits of corn paemani muc ™ further north, Twe grees Ph are kno 
ib orming a pyramidal inflorescence, all from the | cultivation and 86 above that limit, m this notwith- | at Christiani 
north of England; ‘fom iy ap vari voces of the | standing the natural advantages of a country endowed! The Plum i is believed not to sueceed beyond Dront. 
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butus from . “Notice of a|with a remarkably mild ad equal clin siete considering | heim, lat. 63° $0’, and it will only ripen in espalier 
ity of Scabiosa succisa, and of some other vege- | its high latitude. It i the se of showing beyond the 63d parallel, Fourteen kinds are grown at 
table monstrosities,” by Professor Bentley. The outer | some of these nrg A at the same time of cor- | Christiania. 
flowers of the paa» es acme in the Scabiosa were stalked so | recting some traditional errors which he ind generally Peaches in espalier Kasa well in zgeen red places in 
gs to form an umbellate inflorescence. 3. “Note on a waka. S in : Exel works on the physical condition of | southern Norway. Apricots are grown in espalier up to 
nee! bunch of Grapes,” rs, Esq. | Ni ay, t ler has published this pamphlet, | lat 63°. Under lat. 60° 30 some vecielies will ripen on 
«A short Exposition of the Structure of the Ovals a separate tein from the Hamburgh Garten- and | small standards 6 or 8 feet high, as for example at 
Di miat-conta of Kemps sec by Dr. Asa Gray. This | Blumen-Zeitun ng. Hardanger, 
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was a reply to the observations made at a previous e fallacy of the idea conveyed by the cm soi of| Walnuts have been sth sat tried, wg succeed well. 
meeting by Mr. Miers on the views held on this point by | the maps of ae published out of ‘the country, that | They vi ong well up to the Sognefiord , lat. 61°. At 
Dr. Gray. The paper which was wholly occupied by | of one or more continuous chains of mountains running | Drontheim, lat, 63° 307, hy fruit will only ripen in favour- 
the details of the anatomy of the seeds, accompanied by | from north to south, has been exposed by Professor | able summers. In Rosendal, lat. 60°, there are several 
drawings, maintained the correctness of the author’s| James Forbes, of ip wip on in his “Norway and its | large trees, one 56 feet high, with a trunk of 6} feet 
own view of the nature of the seed ate opposition | Glaciers,” a work to the accuracy of which, and to the | circumference at 4 feet from the ground. The Juglans 
to that held by Mr. Miers. 5. A letter AN.: yin merits of the small wissen a map accompanying it, | nigra nr ripens its fruit at Christiania. 
Woods, Esq., addressed to Mr. Kippist, giving some|M. Schuebeler bears ample testimony. The whole The Hazel Nut, at lat. 63°, is wild up to an elevation 
details of a late “Botanical Journey in the North ¢ of country may be best described as a ee mountain | of 1000 et and in the low grounds it ripens well at 
Spain, with critical a ae on some of the species | mass Esa sinking towards the uth, where there | Alstend, lat 
collected.” . Ww by Bayonne and Bilboa to | occur considerable tracts of contarativ chy’ le evel land| Of Cienite there are some small trees pow a 
Santander, after some delays! from the uncertainty ofthe suitable | for habitation and cult hyd and. cleft in the | 58° to 59°, which ripen their fruits in warm summe: 
About Santander he described the | remaining gr into a number of larger or smaller Almonds also ripen in warm summers on eane 
general appearance e of the aini as very much like | ravines, rather than extended aiok, in which the | near ap w e Lindernæs on the 8.E. coast 
what is seen in England, but on closer oser examin ation the inhabitants toe their abode, rape Vine, only pert ma in espalier, will 
bi 1 Phillyrea}| The greater part of the kingdom is nyo at a con- sap on : th Sognefiord. is usually covered up in 
media, the sgn abundantly, the banks almost every- ret a “hit above the level of the One 88th | winter at Christiania, but a not suffered from _— 
ing covered with Scrophularia genoms j ends e regions of etern sin: mer aes left ariaa e the la panee It is never covered 
een eens ling over sar bushes. Ther ponpe- a is ae the absolute elevation of 2000 fi at Lindernees. The Isabel Grape (Vitis Labrusca) will 
some open spaces which might be called heaths, the which, in the greater part of the country, may be fixed ripen at Christiania under favourable circumstances. 
largest of which seemed doomed to ual barrenness | as the limit of corn cultivation. In the northern part} The Mulberries both black and white grow about 
from the custom of paring off the turf for fuel. Two or|of the diocese of Drontheim that limit is not above | Christiania, and the t least ripens its fruit in 
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favourable summers. 
Anthyllis is ut invari- Apg aes mean peratures of Christiania} The Elder is found in isolated — along si 
ably with purple flowers ; Daucus Carota abounds in the and of of the few places on the coast under the moderating | coast up to Eco lat 64°, and in very warm 
=m s, but is white-rooted and than our | influence of the sea, and especially of the Gulf Stream, | will ripen ts berries at Bross lat. 63° 30 p Ak 
English plant growing on the chalky downs; Linum | where any meteorological observations have been made ripens habitually a Christiania, and near the sea 
gustifolium i bundant as to form i ypa t gi the following results :— resists the most Stent t storms. 
a considerable portion of the her There two The Berberry grows wild in isolated saget the 
walks near Santander very i in themselves and Mean annual | Mean of three | Mean of three | furthest north observed are near Drontheim, 
very interesting to the botanist. “The first is to a rock temperature, | Coldest winter hottest summer | berries ripen, 
-called Peña di Castello, or the rock of Castelle, a rugged t The Red Currant is generally spread in a wild state 
i hristiania over the country as far iy ie p mo, and always 
i at. 59°54] + 4:3° Reaum. | + 4.0° Reaum. |+ 12:4° Reaum. |ripens. The Black been met with 
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cs tr in nage cake Walia Ea PAR ents Ranen, lat. 66° 15’. It has bee ciated for some years 
ae i ts nfa four | lat. oe my ees ka es epee at Alten, lat 70°, where it appears flourishing, but 
-days spent at Las Corales showed it a particular ly good ; 3 ~ | not yet flower 
‘station for botany. The general appearance of the} The result of this extraordinary winter mildness is | Gooseberries ‘are found wild here and there in 
-Yegetation at Reinosa was very different from that at | that the sea never freezes on the whole of the western | southern Norway. Cultivated varieties are common Up 
Santander, and the climate very different; cold in| and northern coasts. Wheat is cultivated Ted Bit ak to beyond the Ranenfiord, lat 66° 15’. 
di inter, with immense quantities of snow, while| lat. 64°; Oats to Salten, lat. 68° 30’; aspberries are everywhere wild up to lat 70°, and 
nes, is hot from the unclouded sunshine. | winter and spring corn to Dyré, lat. 69, and Tas ‘yielded both the yellow and the red varieties ott Éh to the Aretie 
Mr. Woods left Reinosa for Pozazal and Alar, at| even twenty-twofold at Hassel, lat. 68°30’. Barley ripens | circle at least. Blackberries appear to have their 
tach of which stations many interesting plants were | at Alten, lat. 70°, but one degree from the North Cape. northern limit at about 62° 40. bess 
‘ ety ae anges of Spanish traveling | Potatoes sued well at Yadron the Rosin frontier, | Rubus arcticus is rare in South Norway. In Nord- 
ti monade, excellent chocolate, | rather above 70°, and Turnips are there also very | land and Finmark it is common up to Alten, lat. 70°, 
acilitated by best 
or ene tho: = nr hago er growth, e cient iniueneod by the Jong dama tm lat. 68°, on whose banks it 
* oon country te of sam tion of light at these high atta itudes. At Alten, lat. 70°, | ripens every year. The Cloudberry (Rubus Chamæ- 
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Š to the 19th July. Barley, which on account of the |North Cap 
night frosts (by daylight) cannot be sown before about | The Stra wherry, the two Bilberries ci (Wanchai any 
the 20th to the 24th June, is often reaped before the | tillus and V. uliginosum), the Cowberry (V. Vitis sow, 
end of August, yielding six ay seven-fold. Mr. Thomas, | and the Cranberry (V. oxycoccus), are diffused in great 
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inches. last few 
> Owing to the abrupt termination towards the sea The berries of four Kinds of wild Roses are 
the westward of the great I a ot oma eve gee Mn ” (Hips). These are Re canna, 
ar homed a rece ergs ergs common to H lat. 66°; R. ci 
Whilst . ipt , 
Christiania the a verage annual. am mount of rain for the Bray on thie saith const, from Christiania to C Lin- 
last twelve years s iranier 90 inches, it amounts at Bergen | dernes; and R. villosa, common in all southern | f 
to about 80 inches in the but scarcely further north than lat 65° to 66°. 
—— The summer heat is, poet, so much moderated | With the considerable details on by M. Schuebeler 
“On the Geographical Distribution of Fruit Trees and | along the western coasts ts that it sometimes happensthat | on all the above-mentioned meteorological and other 
pens 
- — Berry-beari Ne By Fr. Chr. | in the islands and along the shores "of the mainland the | points, are interspersed ser several lor or on the 
a it Rec me ng Shrubs in Norway. corn’ has to ‘bi Wat esti, when ec to the vaste Maelstrom and the idle exaggerations of its dangers by 
north as Tuterée, an island bie, by the Rev. R A 
“lai a th as Tate as a. shrub,’ Tova M, A; (Yan Voorst ), a au 
ery | although in t the oath wil grow to a tres of 20 ft ane amg he ont. ede Bagot omnes at-rd aan 
