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fee the vernal flowers begin to celebrate their 

 nuptials, and the trees, one after another, open 

 their buds, and cloath themfelves with leaves. 

 It is a matter of wonder why the wood plants^ as 

 the fpurgc laurel^ the wood anemone^ the noble 

 liverwort^ the vernal vetch^ the hrooyn rape^ the 

 paf^ne flower^ the colts-foot^ the fage of Jerufa- 

 lem^ pilewort^ violets^ &c. and the garden 

 plants, as the ajfara hacca^ fnow drops, bulbous 

 n)iolet, vernal crocus, &c. fliould flower in the very- 

 beginning of fpring ; when we cannot by any 

 pains, or care bring them to flower in the au- 

 tumn, or after the fummer folflice. For it is 

 remarkable that thefe plants, which are fo very 

 patient of the cold in the fpring, are yet in the 

 autumn fo tender, and weak, that they dye like 

 the Indian plants upon the firft hoar frofl % e. g. 



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was difficult for me to (ind what particular kind of oi afs they 

 prefer for this purpofe, as not being every where the fame, 

 tho' always one of the cyperus grajfes, but i perceived at laft 

 that it was what i mentioned above. Thus far Linnaeus. 

 I will add, that this grafs grows with us. 



5 The iron nights, as they are called in the Swedifh lan- 

 guage, i. e. fharp nights, happen generally at Uofal be- 

 tween the 19th and 3 ft of Auguft. e. g. 1746 they began 

 the 19th, 1748 the 17th, 1749 tl.e ill of Seit 1750 the 

 20th of Auguft, 1751 the 27th, 1752 the 2:th. They 



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