TREES IN THE NORTH OF EUROPE. ' 



gent Swedes and Norwegians, born to conquer, if not deftined to explore, are 

 "divided by a very narrow fpace from a race of men, the link the partition be- 

 tween the intelle<Sual and animal creation. The Laplander, with few wants, and 

 thofe to be fupplied only from the next foreft or lake, has no demands farther 

 than for birch for his canoes, or materials for his fledges. Accordingly w^r find 

 that every fpecies of tree, except the few I have mentioned, ceafe before they 

 reach his torpid country. The ca^, quercus rohur, is not found even in Siveden 

 further than lat. 6i. 30. It is met with farther north in Norway, in places 

 near the milder air of the fea ; but abounds in both kingdoms in their fouthern 

 ' provinces. The forefts of Scania are full of excellent timber, oaks as well as 

 other trees, pines and firs excepted ; which give that province quite the appear- 

 ance of England. It has few mafies of granite, few iron forges, which, with 

 groves of pines, form the charafteriftical face of Sweden. In Scania are placed 

 the royal docks of Carlefcroon, the feat of the navy of the kingdom, in the neigh- ' 

 borhood of the forefts, its great fupport. 



The Ash, fraxinus exceljlor, is not found higher than Gejiricia, or lat. 61 ; but 

 in Norway is cultivated only as high as Drontheim. 



The Elm, ulmus campejlris. Is tcarcely found beyond Gejiricia, 



The Lime, tilia Europea, is frequent in all the fouth of Sweden, but grows fcarce 

 towards the north. This is fuppofed not to have been an indigenous tree of 

 Great Britain. 



The Beech, fagus fylvatica. There are vafl: forefts of this tree in Scania and 

 Smoland ; every where in Balms, but feldom found north of that province, or 

 lat. 59. This is the tree which Ccsfar, fiom mifinformation, denies to our ifland ; 

 but vaft native woods are found in B'uckinghamjhire, and fortie adjacent counties. 

 Not indigenous of our northern counties, 



The Hornbeam, carpinus hetulns, is found in forefts ; in Scania commonly, 

 but more rare in Smoland, efpecially beyond Wexio, or about lat. 57. 



The AsPiN, populus tremula, is found from the higheft alps oi Lapland, to the 

 ioweft places of Scania ; the Laplanders call it fupp. Linnaus, in his Flora Sue- 

 cica, refers to it in his Flora Lapponica, yet omits it in that admirable work. 

 The rein-deer are very fond of the frefli leaves, which are often gathered for 

 winter food for cattle : the bark is made into meal for cattle, and the leaves and 

 bark into a tea for calves, in Norway *. 



* dinner s Fl, Normeg. No exxxvii, 



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