Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations.

Pehr Kalm

Date:: 1892

Credit: Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$beautiful leaf the whole winter, was an ornament to these woods. It is mueh to be wished that it would grow in Sweden. Carpinus, 786, Afvenbok, [C. Betulus L. 1770], is called by Englishmen Hornbeam, and occurs in con- siderable abundance. It had a good many of the last year’s leaves remaining, but withered enough. From some trees they were all fallen off. Cratcegus, Hagtorn, hawthorn, in considerable abundance, though quite small bushes. The leaves were all off. Fagus, Bök, beech, very abundant, had nearly all its last year’s leaves remaining, although completely dried up. The bark was quite smooth and resembled Rönn, \_Sorbns Aucuparia] the Rowan tree or Mountain Ash. Quercus, Ek, oak, here and there tolerably abundant. From the old trees the leaves had mostly fallen off, but for the most part, still remained on the young ones. Ulex, [U. Europaeus], called by the English Furze, grew in some places, especially on the edge of the forest, in great abundance. Mr. Richard Warner [author of part of a translation of Plautus, 1767, and of Plantae Woodfordienses; Catalogue of the plants about Woodford, London 1771, 8vo.] told me that it flowers nearly the whole year, except a couple of months in mid-winter. As this plant is very full of thorns, taggar, it is difficult to advance without boots where it is abundant. At a distance many might have thought that there was a group of Juniper bushes, Enbuskar; for its leaves, blan, resemble it, and it grows in exactly the same or similar places. About its great [T. I. p. 150.] usefulness for hedges, &c., an account shall be given farther on. Rosa, Vidg. Dog Rose, with several other varieties of the same, grow here and there. They had now no leaves. Rubus [R. Fruticosus] Björnbär s-buskar,$