4 
TOUR IN NORWAY. 
Jan., 1889. 
one-fifth of the photographic power ot the average midday 
sun in England. 
Of the Plants collected, one of the most interesting is 
Cotula coronopifolia, a composite plant that is very limited in 
Europe, and is found in only one locality in Norway, on 
marshy ground at the head of a sea fjord, 90 miles distant 
from the open sea. Its home is considered to be the Cape of 
Good Hope. 
Another local plant, Aconitum septentrionale, a large 
Monkshood belonging specially to Norway and Sweden, was 
found plentifully distributed over the country, and in 
Piomsdal were found very fine specimens, one measuring 6ft. 
in height, with leaves 21ins. across, and flowers l^ins. long. 
On the North Cape itself, several Swiss plants were met 
with, and specimens of many British plants, including: — 
Saxifraga oppositifolia, Loiseleurici procumbent, Silene acaulis, 
Dry as octopetala, Arabis alpina, Saxifraga cccspitosa , &c. 
Saxifraga cotyledon was found very generally throughout the 
country, with fine bunches of flowers standing out from ledges 
in the rocks in many districts. 
The beautiful heaths, Andromeda polifolia and Menziesia 
cceruiea, were found in many places, and the delicate fern, 
Woodsia ilvensis , was particularly luxuriant in growth. 
Eriophorum latifolium, the large Cottongrass, was very 
abundant, and attained a remarkably large size in its cotton 
tufts; the smaller Cottongrass, Eriophorum alpinum, was 
also found at Nigaards Brae in Jostedal. 
Mulgedium alpinum , the blue Sow-thistle, was found at 
one place near Voering Fos. and Arnica montana was seen in rich 
orange masses in the meadows in one district. Viola tricolor 
and Alcliemilla were specially abundant, also Saxifraga 
Aizoides. 
A novel position for plants was on the roofs of the houses ; 
the roofs generally throughout the country, including the 
majority of the houses in the smaller towns, are covered with 
turf, on which is an abundant crop of vegetation ; grass, plants, 
and shrubs, and even small birch trees eight or ten feet in 
height are frequently seen in the country growing upon the 
roofs. At Hammerfest we actually saw a couple of kids 
grazing on the roof of a house. The houses are really roofed 
with birch bark, which is laid on in many layers, like thatching 
with straw, up to a total thickness of about four inches, and is 
then completely waterproof; and, to prevent the bark getting 
blown away, it is covered with a thick layer of turf, which 
grows together and forms a complete protection, the roof 
appearing to last, without requiring repair, until the house goes 
