158 May 1749, 



white as fnow, from the hoary froft. The 

 Swedifh thermometer was a degree and 

 a half below the freezing point. We 

 obferved no ice in the rivers or wa* 

 ters of any depth ; but upon fuch only as 

 were about three inches deep, the ice lay 

 to the thicknefs of one third part of a 

 line *. The evening before, the wind was 

 fouth, but the night wars calm. The ap- 

 ple-trees and cherry-trees were in full 

 blofibm. The peach-trees were almoft out 

 of flower. Moft of the foreft- trees had al- 

 ready got new and tender leaves, and moft 

 of them were in flower, as almoft all kinds 

 of oaks, the dog-wood, (Cornus Florida J, 

 hiccory, wild prunes, faflafras, horn-beam^ 

 beeches, &c. 



THE plants which were found damaged 

 by the froft, were the following. I. The 

 Hiccory. Moft of the young trees of this 

 kind had their leaves killed by the froft, fo 

 that they looked quite black in the after- 

 noon - y the leaves were con fumed by froft 

 every where in the fields, near the marfhes* 

 and in the woods. 2. The black Oak. Se- 

 veral of thefe trees had their leaves damaged 

 by the froft. 3. The white Oak. Some 

 very young trees of this kind had loft their 



leave* 

 * The tenth part of an inch. 



