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tree, more fuited to this purpofe ; and which 

 fome provinces might ufe as a calendar, while 

 the greateft part might confult the birch. It is 

 a popular error, that lefs time pafles between 

 the fowing, and ripening of wheat in our nor- 

 thern provinces, than here at Upfal, and that 

 this happens becaufe the fummer days are longer 

 in the north, and there is fcarcely any night to 

 retard its growth. But this error is made evi- 

 dent by the grain ripening in as lliort a time in 

 Schonen as in Lapland. For barley in the cham- 

 pain part of Schonen is fown about May the 

 29th, and reaped fooner than in Upland. But 

 why hurley ripens later in Upland and WefT- 

 mania, than in the other provinces of Sweden, 

 is to me abfolutely a fecret. 



§. 8. 



If a number of future obfervations fhall con- 

 firm the dodrine, which i have been delivering, 

 i do not doubt but that we may reap many ad- 

 vantages from it. For then we fiiould not want 

 a fure guide for the hufbandman to regulate 

 himfelf by in fowing his grain, and for the 

 gardener to fow his kitchen, and other feeds. 

 V/hat great benefit therefore would arife to the 



public. 



