- round, but éiterely fl&f, and ftapêd in foch' fitönhe%'^'aimc>ft tö
referable the boras o f a Deer.
Grmi, the pine-tree, is, together w ith th e fir,th e mcfifonivérfal
^ d o f ttós It irniere beautifolthan tfe fir,
te figure, height and colëur,' but far inferior tb it t e f e p ahd
ftrength, which oecafions the boards o f planks of- it to-be fold at
a lower rate. The Norway peaftets have f& Kttfe merey-iipon
their pfee'forefts, that they feem to think it their duty to- deftroy
them, infixing upon i t , that they eannotpofffoly ^ extirpated^
the vaft tra#s o f land, which continually produce a frefh foppfy.
In the fprfeg, when forage is fearer, the pea-ltetis permitted 4b
eat theto%ids o f youmg pines, but in autUrïih: he- -is ’n e t allowed to
gtee1lös'‘ eattte mare than tfe Imall foöStsï1'
Hage-fom, the comeh-tfee, te d fltedbro, the-ffoe d rS tilfêïé-
tree, grows indeed in thefe-parts, h u t is not-planted te th e gteen
hedges, as m other parts, far the Norway pedant fe not dextrous
at planting, and thinks it a merit; if he does not def!roy;the flee
produce o f nature.
Haflèl, hafledrees-, are here pretty large, te d in fitch abundance;
■ that it is- no uncommon thing for a hundred tün ó f nuts
to be exported from Bbrgen afohe. On the other-hand, the waf-
rruts here are not o f a Ipontaneous-growth, but muff Be-fett when
they thrive very well, elpeeiafiy in the barony o f R oiendte :
Hyld, elder, with its- lafubrions berries, is- alfir o f Norway
growth, but is neither here nor in Denmark, efteemed :0r made
tde o f according ta its worth. Steibueus aquatica, nr.Danilh
called Vand-hyid; water-elder, the flowers whereof loeft life
fiiow-balls, and upon that aceemnt in German are called1 foowball
flirubs, is Kkewifc to be met with though not every where.
- Ivenhohr, or ebentra, ebony, is by J. L. Wolfe-, dafied among
the trees which grow in Nordland, under the mountain o f Kolen-,
but being without any additional confirmation o f this, I cannot
deliver it as a certainty; I muff obferve, however^ that the following
words o f Wormras, may have given* rifè- to- this opinion,
though he delivers himfelf with feme doubt; “ Ab hoc ebeno
firffili diverfmn eft, quod in iflted te reperitur; et laminaten eruitur,
colbre mgerrimo,. quandoque febfofea, ponderofom-et fragile, exfic-
catum ubi-fiierit, quanquam mereator; qui ejus mifei eopiarat fecit,
2 y ■ - fentum
ientiim tee.cP.et flexile efts, cqrii primum e terra eruitur, retulfrit,
lit vhninis in-ftaf, in quamvis.' p&rtem trahf poflit ac flejfti. Fibris
conftat obliquis.ex nodis bine inde, plane inftar radicis majoris
qujufdam In iis locis ifiandise, ubi magna copia eruitur,
terra acl duas. ulnas eftofla, nullas plane font arbores, aut fuiffe un-
quam, animadvefti pptefb Qua circa nefcio; an, eorum prpbari
. | pofotsopini0^;;qua J f t®
radicibus, incendio conflagraverint. Radicum vero truncos a foceo
fiibtenaneq vitriolatp colorem nigrum contraxiffe yero^nuEjus.
A/Jpf.5Wprpjj-nv'. 1.69,
, Lind; hme-tfee^ gfeat quantifies pEfihelfe are* fpuhd'in certain
j^aqesy both .with large, elear, and- InjaJl dark leaves. The pea»
l^nt^ with the ipake very e le s ^ t putter.-baifkets.'^jr other
cariage, of the butter ;" Hkewife lines for feufoandry,
ana auo for fTfnipg,
L -J-i°%j acQ-‘ rriajqr^. the maple atfe grows heje, but little uip is
rpade cy iti.
i , Phl> willpys of leveral lcinds_ arp to be found in many placeSj
but made W of, except by the goats, who feqcf with
pleafore op its juicey and bitter bark ; though of one kind called
fafona^ the bark is- ufed for tanning ikins;. the broad-leaytd kfo4
& ^ 9 » Whqrepf underneath are woolly,‘jg^s , here $y a'very
long and ftfange nick-name, Traet /omfanden flaaede gedefl
Fflder,. i. e, the. tree under which the devfl Head the goats. What
fraditipnal fable gave' CKreafion to-this, I know no g butprohably
it arole from * hence, that as the goats delight ftripping .theft
trees, as has been laid, .fotpe one has conceited, that the devil by
way of retdratipn, under tins tree Ifiips or fleas the gjiats, in. tKeii
wilhd I am writing tlik , I h a m ^ i y e d fom an in-
gdnious hand a more probable conjie«fture on the caufeS ofo.this
nanie, that feveral final! threads, or filaments like «pate-hair lie
betwixt the Wood te d the bark. _ He further-tefonms me,' that a
decopion of thefe flBrifls k o f a fingfoar virtue in. curing, the
fturyy. Whether this tree is to- be found in ptfier countries I
?annot fay *.
Rpfentrae,. the rofe-bufo,, bears, h er^ a s.w te as-in other places,
ted,, white and yellow rofes, b o * doubfe- and' fingld
Ronne,