bilberrie$,but the juice thereof is white and fweetifh: The Finlanders
in Nordland are very fond of thefe- berries, and ule them
as' a powerful- anrifeoffeutie. 1
Aaker or agerbasr, land-berries, derive their name from growing
tinder the grafs in the ridges betwixt the furrows, but they arc only
found in the northern provinces, being of fuch a nature, like the
tranebp, as to require a ‘lBlh^:^api^ESsd; o f'
In colour and.figuig they arc not unlike bilberrièS, only fomething
blacker and larger, the tafle of themisa pleafant acid. In Sweden,
particularly the province of Middelpad, abounds in them, and great
quantities are carried to Stockholm*- where theyafe chièfly ufed
to put in wine, like cherries, for a pleafant and cooling fummer-
draught. : Liniiaeus, in the above cited paflage, recommends, that
in tranJplanting them, during winter they fhould be covered' with
fhoW tocherifh them, as Without this fence they infallibly pèrifh.
Plate x. fig. Tyltebair a very wholfom and pleafant red berry,- gioWihg: on
the mofs in high fituations. The ftem is fhort, the leaves fmall
like thöfê of box^ tile flowers of a li?ely;*fed< • 'gjfew
(6 thick that they are plucked off by handfuls, they are in fuch
vogue in Denmark, as tb be fent thither piefettfed for- thé tablej
and though their fweetnefs and acidity be mixed with a bitter,
yet this is vety pleafant, aftd gteatiy promotive of-digeffidèj which
has recommended it to be ufed at tables. Théir juicé is!thièk,
but when mixed with wine is oxcee^ng palatabte and wholfom.1
M«eib$r. Among the tylteberries grows Mother tribe «ailed mèelbasr,' all
the difference betwixt thefe is, that the ftem of the meelbser Is a
little thicker, and the berries a little- flatter, but of no manner
of .value, and full of little white -grains like land,
chamomo- Möltêbar, Chattitemonus Norvégica,; the Noïway-ftrawberry,
^^fonre" grows in fwampy or mofly places, on ftems fomething larger than
c. x’ fig' the common ftrawberry, the flower whiteifh,. with a round indented
leaf, about the circumference of a half-crown, if it happens
to thunder whilft they are in bloom,, the produce of the
berries is greatly diminifhed thereby, otherwife, fuch is the abundance
of them, that they are carried as a pickle by barrels, and
even tuns, to Germany, and Denmark; where, according to
Thom. Bartholin, in Med. Danor. domeft. by order of Chriftian
iv. great pains were'taken to propagate this fruit in his gardens,
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