Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809The Journal includes images of traditional Icelandic dress and natural landmarks. Paying particular attention to political structures and religious institutions, Hooker includes intricate tables of how tax dollars were spent, how hospitals and schools were run and more. As an academic botanist by trade, his journal entries describe the flora of the country; plants collected by Hooker on this trip were lost in a fire on the return voyage. |
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Page 20
... alpina was scarcely in flower ; Saxifraga tricuspidata , Fl . Scandin . was in the same state . Cardamine petræa , Draba incana , and contorta , and a Stellaria , which appeared to agree with the de- scription of groenlandica , were all ...
... alpina was scarcely in flower ; Saxifraga tricuspidata , Fl . Scandin . was in the same state . Cardamine petræa , Draba incana , and contorta , and a Stellaria , which appeared to agree with the de- scription of groenlandica , were all ...
Page 39
... alpina . A remarkably woolly - leaved Salix , which I took for lanata , and two or three other species of stunted growth , were the only plants that elevated them- selves to the height of even five or six inches from the ground ...
... alpina . A remarkably woolly - leaved Salix , which I took for lanata , and two or three other species of stunted growth , were the only plants that elevated them- selves to the height of even five or six inches from the ground ...
Page 68
... alpina , and a few alpine Balices , but none in flower . Fragaria vesca and Rubus saxatilis were coming into blossom . Encalypta alpina , which is so rare in our own country , was not uncommon on the lava . July 1 . Saturday , A fine ...
... alpina , and a few alpine Balices , but none in flower . Fragaria vesca and Rubus saxatilis were coming into blossom . Encalypta alpina , which is so rare in our own country , was not uncommon on the lava . July 1 . Saturday , A fine ...
Page 77
... semi- transparent nectarium , of which I could find no description in the Flora Scandinavia . Several sorts of dwarf willows were common , as well as Bartsia alpina , Geranium sylvaticum , and Co- • nostomum JOURNEY TO THE GEYSERS . 77.
... semi- transparent nectarium , of which I could find no description in the Flora Scandinavia . Several sorts of dwarf willows were common , as well as Bartsia alpina , Geranium sylvaticum , and Co- • nostomum JOURNEY TO THE GEYSERS . 77.
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Sir William Jackson Hooker. Bartsia alpina , Geranium sylvaticum , and Co- • nostomum boreale . When we had reached about half way of our day's journey , we stopped half an hour to bait our horses , and arrived at Heiderbag , where we ...
Sir William Jackson Hooker. Bartsia alpina , Geranium sylvaticum , and Co- • nostomum boreale . When we had reached about half way of our day's journey , we stopped half an hour to bait our horses , and arrived at Heiderbag , where we ...
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