The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

FLORA. 109of new species. The perfume also of all plants and fruits increases graduallynorthwards, while the sap diminishes proportionally. The wild bay is muchfiner than in more southern lands, and is largely used in flavouring dishes servedat all Norwegian tables. Trondhjem is noted for its excellent apples, pears, andcherries, and at Frosten, not far off, even the walnut ripens. Thanks to themildness of the climate and to the almost uninterrupted sunshine during summer,Fig. 56. Oskaesborg : View taken fkom Koon.the cereals of the Norwegian seaboard ripen as quickly as in lower latitudes. Thusat Alten, under the seventieth parallel, barley comes to maturity in ninety days,precisely the same time that it takes on the banks of the Nile. But althoughthe Hindo islanders often ship barley for Christiania, there are parts of SwedishLapland where it never ripens even in favourable seasons. In Jemtland also itoften fails, and such years are called " green."The ordinary hind, or forest, of the Swedish plains differs little from those of