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generally found as an arborescent shrub, but sometimes as 
a bush, 
The purging buckthorn (A. cathartica L.) grows only in 
the south-west part of the country in the neighbourhood 
of 60,. 
The sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamoides L.) grows upot 
the west coast to beyond 67 . 
The mezereon (Daphne mezerewm L.) grows also as a small 
shrub to beyond 67°. 
The crab apple (Pyrus malis L.) is found growing wild in 
the vicinage of 62° as a small tree, at times as a sbrub. 
The hawthorn grows as a shrub in the Alland Islands. 
The mountain ash (P. aucuparia E.B.) grows throughout 
the whole country. 
The bastard service tree (P. pinnatiida E.B.) [?] Sorbus 
hybrida L.) in found in the south-western parts of the 
country, especially in the Alland Islands; while another 
species (Sorbus scandica Fr.) is found, but only rarely in the 
south-west about 600, 
The dwarf cotoneaster (C. Vulgaris Lindl.) is found here 
and there in the south-west, south, and east, to below 
62°. Further to the north it is only met with in the 
vicinity of the Polar Circle on the frontier of Russia. 
The bird cherry (Prunus Padus L.) is found throughout 
the country. The sloe (P. spinosa L.) is found in the 
Alland Islands, but it is rare. The cherry (P. cerasus L.) 
is ordinarily cultivated, but it is found, though rarely, 
growing wild in the extreme south. 
Of berries there is the gooseberry (Ribes grossularia L.) 
cultivated, but sometimes, though rarely, growing wild in 
the south; the red currant (&. rubrum) growing through- 
out the country ; the black currant (2. xgrum L.) growing 
to the vicinage of 67° 30’; and the mountain currant 
(£. alpinum) growing to beyond 640. 
Of roses there are found in Finland the cinnamon rose 
(Rosa cinnamomea L.); the Finnish rose (R. carelica Fr.) ; 
the dog rose (2. canina L.); and the apple-bearing rose 
(RB. villosa .L.) 
