“Toward the north I pushed on to Cape Ladehamer, which is crowned with light-foliaged birches. In the fields and by the roadsides I found a great many plants which occupy similar situations in France. Nevertheless,” he continues further on, “the eye of the botanist was rejoiced by the sight of a vegetation belonging at once to the Flora of the Boreal regions of the Alps and of the seashore.” In the thickets grow _Geranium sylvaticum_, _Aquilegia vulgaris_, _Aconitum septentrionale_, _Pedicularis lapponica_, _Trientalis europæa_, _Paris quadrifolia_; in the less sheltered places, _Cornus suecica_, _Vaccinium Vitis-idæa_, _Polygonum viviparum_; in the marshes, the Bleaberry and _Geum rivale_; upon the sandy seashore, _Plantago maritima_, _Glaux maritima_, _Elymus arenarius_, _Triglochin maritimum_, and many others equally interesting to the botanist. [Illustration: Six Familiar Tree Forms 1. Willow; 2. Oak; 3. Sycamore; 4. Cedar; 5. Chestnut; 6. Olive] “At Bodoë, in 67° 16′,” he continues, “I saw for the first time houses covered with turf, upon which grew many tufts of grass. According to my custom, I first examined the cultivated vegetables, but I saw only a few potatoes, peas, radishes, a few gooseberry-trees without fruit, and some fields of barley and rye. In the meadows just above the sea-level I found some plants which would have demonstrated to me, in the absence of other proofs, how much the climate of this country approaches that of the most elevated Alpine regions. “At Hammerfest, which is under 70° 48′ north latitude, all attempts at cultivation had disappeared. The energies of the place are turned to commerce; it is from curiosity rather than for profit or utility that a few vegetables are cultivated.