39 2 March 1749. 



21 ft. The red maple (Acer ruhrum) 

 and the American elm (TJlmus Americana) began 

 to flower at prefent ; and fome of the latter kind 

 were already in full blofibm. 



Mar. 24th. I WALKED pretty far today, in 

 order to fee whether I could find any plants in 

 flower. But the cloudy weather, and the great 

 rains .which had lately fallen, had allowed little 

 or nothing to grow up. The leaves now be^ 

 gan to grow pretty green. The plants which I 

 have juft before mentioned, were now in full 

 bloiTom. 



THE noble Liverwort, or Anemone hepatka> 

 was new every where in flower. It was abun^ 

 dant -, and the Swedes call it Blablomfier, or Blue- 

 flower. They did not know any ufe of it. 



NEAR all the corn-fields on which I walked 

 to-day, I did not fee a fingle ditch, though many 

 of them wanted it. But the people generally 

 followed the Rnglifo way, of making no ditches 

 along the fields, without confidering whether the 

 corn -fields wanted them or not. The ccnfe- 

 quence was, that the late rain had in many 

 places wafhed away great pieces of the grounds, 

 fovvn with wheat and rye. There were no ridges 

 left between the fields, except a very narrow one 

 near the fence, which was entirely over-grown 

 with the Sumach, or Rhys glabra, and with 

 black-berry buihes, fo that there the cattle could 

 find very little or no food. The corn-fields were 

 brcad-cafty or divided into pieces, which were 

 near feventeen feet broad, and feparated from 

 each other cply by means of furrows. Thefe 



pieces 



