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HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE.
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Cactus group at Humlegården (Stockholm).
Arboriculture. A large number of trees and shrubs are cultivated, being
partly of foreign origin, many having come from North America. Among the
most important, as regards Sweden, are: Acer platanoides, Æsculus hippocastanum,
Alnus glutinosa, Alnus incana, Amelanchier Botryapium, Ampelopsis hederacea,
Aristolochia Sipho, Betula alba, Betula verrucosa. (Of this latter there is a very
beautiful variety peculiar to Sweden, with deeply lobed leaves, which differs in no
slight degree from other lobed birches; its name is Betula verrucosa dalecarlica;
Swedish: Ornäsbjörk). Further: Caragana arborescens, Carpinus betulus, Cornus,
Corylus avellana, Cratægus, Elæagnus argentea, Evonymus europæa, Fagus
syl-vatica, Fraxinus, Ligustrum vulgäre, Lonicera, Mahonia aquifolium, Philadelphus,
Prunus (several kinds, as Avium, Mahaleb, Padus, Virginiania, etc.), Ptelea
tri-foliata, Pterocarya caucasica, Quercus, Rhus, Ribes, Rosa, Rubus, Salix, Sambucus
nigra, Sambucus racemosa, Spiræa, Symphoria racemosa, Syringa, some kinds and
many varieties, Tilia, Ulmus, several kinds and many varieties, Viburnum, etc.
Tie public ornamental grounds of Sweden unquestionably bear comparison
with those of most other countries. Public parks, of greater or lesser extent, are
to be found in almost every town. The most prominent of such grounds are
undoubtedly the public parks of Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Norrköping,
and Gefle. In this respect, the capital ranks first, as it can bear comparison with
many other larger towns that are situated in far more favourable latitudes.
Nurseries. There are at present in Sweden a good many nursery-gardens,
among which may be mentioned the nursery-gardens of the Swedish
Horticultural Society, those of the Bergius Gardens (containing also a large botanical
garden), and of the Academy of Agriculture. There are such gardens also at
Norrköping, Göteborg, Malmö, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Alnarp, Grenna, Lindorms-
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