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the interior of the Sogne fiord, it forms quite exceptionally 
a little forest ; elsewhere it is met with in small clumps 
or growing solitarily. It may attain to 32 metres 
in height. In Finmark, at Alten, 70° N., elms are met 
with which have attained to 8 metres, or 27 feet, in height, 
and 40 centimetres, or 16 inches, in diameter. 
The ash, Fraxinus excelsior, L., is found growing wild 
up to the Molde, in Romsdal, 62° 44’ N.; but planted, it 
grows very much further north, and it ripens its seeds 
even within the Arctic Circle. In the south of Norway it 
flourishes up to 500 metres of altitude, and may attain a 
height of 30 metres, or 100 feet; while here and there 
may be seen trunks which at 40 inchesabove the ground have 
a diameter of from 1°5 to 18 metres—from 5 feet to 6 feet. 
The lime, Zilia parvifolia, Ehrh., known in Britain by 
the designation the small-leaved lime-tree, extends in the 
east of Norway to Gl° N.; but on the west coast to 62° 
N. It affects principally low-lying countries ; but isolated 
trees may be found up to 500 metres above the level of 
the sea. Planted, it grows up to 64° N., and even up to 
Stegen, in Nordland. 
The maple, Acer platanoides, L., known in Britain as the 
Norway maple, extends in Eastern Norway, in Sondre, 
Guldbrandsdal, to 61° 25’ N., and to an altitude of 260 
metres above the level-of the sea, though in the south it 
scarcely extends above 300 metres. Planted, it is found 
to the top of the Ramenfiord, in Nordland, 66° 18' N, 
The hazel, Corylus avellana, L., is met with pretty fre- 
quently in a wild state on the low-lying lands to the south 
of the Droutheim fiord. Further to the north it becomes 
more rare, It is met with, however, up to Stegen, in 
Nordland, 67° 56’ N., where its fruit still ripens, In the 
south of Norway it grows to an elevation of 500 metres 
above the level of the sea. 
