26 COMPARISONBETWEENTHE 



The White Poplar, populus alba, is fcattered over Scania, but is not a 

 native, having been introduced there with the Black Poplar, populus nigra, of 

 late years, and bears the winter very well in Upland. It is doubtful whether 

 thefe are natives of Scotland. 



The Maple or Sycamore, acer pfeudoplatanus, is found in^the fouthern parts 

 oi Sweden, and rarely on the mountain Hyka'xn Dalecarlia, one of its northein 

 provinces. It grows in Romidale and fouthern Nonuay more frequently; is cul- 

 tivated in Drontheim. Mr. Ray fufpedts it not to be a native of England. 



The Little or Common Maple, acer campejlre, is rarely found above two 

 Swedijh miles from Lund; poffibly not a native Swedijh tree : the largeft I ever 

 faw was at the duke of ArgyWs, at Inverary. 



All the above are found in feme part or other of Great Britain, more au- 

 fpicioufly favored by nature for the growth of trees and plants than northern 

 Sweden. No blame can reft on any nation, to whom the fun has denied its 

 fuller influence : let fuch exult in vigor of body and acutenefs of intelle£ls, per- 

 haps fuperior to thofe on whom it darts its enervating beams, and beftows every 

 fpecies of enfeebling luxury. 



I requeft leave to make, by the following catalogue, a comparifon between the 

 climate of Sweden and that oi England. Thefe plants bear the utmoft feverity of 

 our cold ; yet are obliged in Sweden to be fheltered, during winter, under the pro- 

 te^Sion of a green-houfe. A few fpecimens, out of a number, will fuffice. 



White jafmine, Jafminum officinale. 



Yellow jafmine, Jafminum fruticans, 



PhiJlerea, Phillerea media. 



Common fage. Salvia officinalis. 



Rofemary, Rofmarinus officinalis. 



Scarlet monarda, Monarda fiftulofa. 



Male dogwood, Cornus mas. 



Common holly, A. Ilex aquifolium. 



Prickly buck-thorn, Rhamnus paliurus. 



Virginian fumach, Rhus glabrum. 



Laurus tinus, Viburnum tinus. 



Pinnated bladder-nut, - Staphylaa pinnata. 



Scarlet flowering maple, Acer rubrum. 



Spurge laurel, ' Daphne laureola. 



Bay-tree, Laurus nobilis. 



^^ Arbor 



