170 May 1749. 



were all full of flowers. The people have 

 not yet found that this plant may be 

 applied to any ufe ; they only gather the 

 flowers, and put them in pots, becaufe they 

 are very fhewy. They have fome fmell ; 

 but I cannot fay it is very pleafant. How- 

 ever, the beauty of the colour entitles thera 

 to a place in every flower-garden. 



To-day I faw the firft ear of this year's 

 rye. In Sweden, rye begins to fhew its ears 

 about Eric?nas, that is, about the 1 8th of 

 May, old ftile*, But in New Sweden, the 

 people laid, they always faw the ears of rye 

 in Jprti, old ftile ; whether the fpring be- 

 gins late or early. However, in fome years 

 the ears come early, and in others late, in 

 JlpriL This fpring was reckoned one of 

 the late ones. 



Bullfrogs -j- are a large fpecies of 

 frogs, which I had an opportunity of hear- 

 ing and feeing to-day. As I was riding 

 out, I h.ard a roaring before me; and I 

 thought it was a bull in the buihes, on the 

 other fide of the dyke, though the found was 

 rather more hoarfe than that of a bull. \ 

 was however afraid, that a bad goring bull 

 might be near me, though I did not fee 



him 5 



* Accordingly about the 29th of May, new ftile. 

 •f Rana boans. Linn. Sylt. 1. p. 358. Rana maxima, 

 jltzsricana, aquatica. Catefb. Carol. II. 72. 



