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but hitherto to no purpofe, though I have been informed that in 

 Jutland, in the province of VendfyfTel, they grow fpontaneoufly, 

 but neither fo good nor in fuch plenty as in Norway; in fhape 

 they fomething referable the mulberry, though not quite fo long, 

 of a flame-colour, their original tafte is much fweeter, than after 

 exportation, or when kept throughout the winter, tho' the acidity 

 ftill retains its agreeablenefs ; and is withal fo falubrious, that our 

 phyficians are unanimous in commending it as an incomparable 

 antifcorbutic. Thus are thefe, and other berries, together with 

 the before-mentioned fcurvy-grafs, angelica, trefoil, &c. an ample 

 provision, which, according to the paternal views of the Creator, 

 nature has pointed out to the Norvegians for relief in their fcor- In Medic 

 butic diforders. Thorn. Bartholin fays, " Confectio et fpiritus mo- £y- ^ 6 °; 

 rorum Norvegicarum omnium vota fuperat. Mori hujus ea in 

 profligando fcorbuto depraedicatur virtus, ut eo affectu laborantes, 

 Norvegi amandentur ad virgulta, ubi uberrima hujus fructus eft 

 meflis, ut illis folis baccis vefcantur, teftaturque experientia, fanos 

 ad fuos poll ilium reverfos." I omit the defcription given of the De Med. 

 moltebaer by Simon Paulli, in his Flora Danica, page 139. becaufe c. z.' P . 15. 

 Lochftor, in his already- cited difTertation, charged it with inac- 

 curacy, and promifed one more corredt, but was prevented by 

 his untimely death; unqueflionably fomething more authentic 

 concerning the Norvegian plants might bave been expected from 

 him, than the little which is hitherto * known, tho' the know- 

 lege of it be very far fetched. However, what I have fet down 

 is fo far intitled to credit as having experience for its bails, though 

 I muft withal obferve, that in the figure of the moltebser, the 

 flowers are made a little too big in proportion to their leaves; in 

 the other figures of the Norway vegetables, I cannot difcern any 

 considerable overfight, and the greater!; care has been taken for 

 their exact refemblance to the originals.' 



Several kinds of plumbs attain to a tolerable ripenefs, which 

 can very feldom be faid of peaches and apricocks, it being mere 

 matter of curioflty to plant and eftimate their trees, as is in moft 

 places here the cafe with vines. 



* In T. 1. p. 56. No. 66. Of Olai Wormii epift. is a letter to Nic. Pafchafius, bi- 

 fliop of Bergen, which gives us to underftand that the famous Otto Sperling in his 

 younger years, travelled over this his native country for making a collection of Nor- 

 way plants and vegetables, the lofs of which is greatly to be lamented, 



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