I Ï 4 ' N A.T U R A L H IS’T O R*Y So# NO R WAT
âge, penny-royal, 'püfËaûV fond, fettiçe; fpfondgéy endive,
* creffes, char vil, dill, fennel, and cummin, the" laft growing wild,
elpeêially in Nordenfield ; accordihglÿit has no pl'ace in gardens,
in e r e a f în g i^ quantities, th atÉ fh é Mrifliâiïia,
it is exported abroad.' Our gardens Mfeewifo füroifh'tis with all
kinds of roots, as yellow, red, and common carfdt's, ;parfiiips,
râdifhes,: potatoes, together with a partkûlàLMnd of northern
turnips called Nâper, which the' peaânts' endeavour 1 to raiâ
snore than any other, 'and'fèË by ' tun's in' tflè > Ötfesd Thëfejhiè
fometimes Very- large, and as • flat as a-difli. A foah of Mefacity
has allured me, that not manyyears^fifiBlj- h n jia d in hisT gardiri
one of thiefe Napers, weighing ' tfftenty-fëven "póuïids. - ’ They
keep beft in the little hillocks to be^mk4 With5 Wofig the
Iwamps, where they coHtîiiue entirely frefli,; fo late as
foririg time.
In order to forward the growth' of certain vegetables,-^here
the fummers arc Ihort, the example of burgo-mafter 'Jnrgekl^f
Drontheim, is'recommended to imitation in the abo^meritioiied
Horti Gultura, p. 23. This gentleman, aLharve$tim4 fet id his
garden at his feat of Harli, févefal plants,*‘wïieh lhighî%d fewn
early in the lpong, but whichLeir^-^^bed^by fhç flibw‘during
winter, were alive, and very forward irf fpring. But%ia method,
however advifeable in the inland: parts of the country, will not
hold good in the maritime parts, for Want d^fuch lalfmg'fnows,
the winters here being rather wet than cold,
2 G H A P.
Jla L u S. A L f il s-¥>6 f t ffiAr»
C M A P. V;
Account of the Vegetables continued, !jj
I. Medjbinal and Ofhey plants 'andtfim frs. ■ Sfity. II. Aaicidiis U t$r.
m | HI, JVhdfont andpdatablhjerriss: .Se c t , IT. Q f-tkM r-w apim ods
in g e n e r a l^S T&p T . V. A cataloged q f Nfafyoay, f r e e s Se c t . W ht M»Js>'upon
■ We trees and Jlqitesi * \
V h 'f e 'G f . I.
F ROM the Common efculenttvegetables, I CQme to tieat of Medial 1
^ ,% efal other Linds- of pknte, and. flowers, which Norway
ilo^e Mhb|^US|,. fight? o|t!flh’eIl 1
fbm^planted in gardens,pothers growing Wild; and l i a J l g^ h S '
rt|y jnfprm^tipns either from books, efpfcially that of thaaecjurate
Mr. Ramus, or from the epiftolary eor^ipopdejipe I enjpy,, with
perfons of parts and caudo^Among the written hehU I mull
acknowledge the preference due ha ah Herbarium Viyum, written
by Mr. Godfrey Henry Langpn; who," for various' ptojjofes, hut
particularly to acquire a knowledge of 'die^N'orway pknts, hath
vetted foveral provinces,^ making foq^e flay in Nordland, an hundred
Norway miles beyond Bergen *. Froin- thefe au&ritfc, i
have fet do.wn the-following, , with remarks;where J thought them
proper and requifite, omitting remarks upon (thofe plants that are
commoq and generally knovyn. .
f -Abfinthium marithpum, (likewhe pfatenfe.) Sea-wormwood
^etofa major, ihjn'or, jfonfiana. Sorrell
yAcetolellal Petty-forreh fbeep-forrel.
“Acojuitop Wolfsbane.-
Adiantum aureumi Golden foaideniiair. "
Agrimonia. Agriniqny^ jifeKywor|^
luBtUslwP^,htibus. Ladles mantle; tai<le-iiom •
•AJ^m mqntanum l^tifok ' SylyelLe^ tenuifoljUm.;
leaven mountain-garlict. Lbis,' in Ibxfie places, , is’ fo iw terinjyp4
with ^he g r^ fh a t it gives-a difagteeable. tafte to the milk-, as if
, * ‘IM f f i rbariunl Vivum, is the'more Valuable for: the-
H 1 R A M t h c i f d S r l S 1 >
b? be the L. of L , 1 o t of theig&ncstKemfelves, rcannot Het^'ine.
f P B f t . H k ; | | garlick