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 them 

 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 Ericmas, that is, about the i8th of 

 May, old ftue*. But in New Sweden, the 

 people faid, they always faw the ears of rye 

 in Slpril, 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 heard a roaring before me; and I 

 thought it was a bull in the bufhes, on the 

 other fide of the dyke, though the found was 

 rather more hoarfe than that of a bull. I 

 was however afraid, that a bad goring bull 

 might be near me, though I did not fee 



him j 



* Accordingly about the 2pth of May, new llile. 

 f Rana boans. Linn. SyA. 1. p. 358. Rana maxima^ 

 dmricana, aquatica, Catefb, Carol. 11.72. 





