A lecture on the geography of plants / By John Barton.

  • Barton, John, 1789-1852.
Date:
1827
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Credit: A lecture on the geography of plants / By John Barton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rapidity. Until the middle of May, the ground is covered with snow. About a month later, the rivers begin rapidly to swell, in consequence of the breaking up of the frost,. In the beginning of October the ground is hard frozen, and remains so from seven to eight months. Such is the climate of Enontekeis, which is situated in the higher and colder part of Lapland. It is not till the month of June that Barley can be sown ;- yet, in the short space of three months, the fields are ready for the harvest. It has been found, that the cultivation of this grain suc- ceeds wherever the mean temperature during ninety days rises to 48° * * * §. Notwithstanding its northern and inclement climate, Lapland has to boast of some wild flowers of great beauty. Among these are the Mezereum f, the Yellow and White Water Lily j, and the European Globe Flower §. As we tra- vel southward along the shores of the Baltic, towards Stockholm, we find, for the first time, in Angermanland, the Wood Anemone, the lie- patica, the Dog Rose, and the Sycamore;—in Medelpad, the Burdock, and the Campanula) * Wahlenberg: Flora Lapponica, liii. •f Daphne Mezereon. X Nymphsea lutea, and Nymphaea alba,. § Trollius Europaeus.