2 04 March 1749. 



March the 21ft. The red maple (Acer 

 rubrum) and the American elm (IJlmus A- 

 mericana) began to flower at prefent ; and 

 fome of the latter kind were already in full 

 bloiTom. 



March the 24th. I walked pretty far 

 to-day, in order to fee whether I could find 

 any plants in flower. But the cloudy wea- 

 ther, and the great rains which had lately 

 fallen, had allowed little or nothing to grew 

 up. The leaves now began to grow pretty 

 green. The plants which I have ju ft before 

 mentioned, were now in full bloflbm. 



The noble Liverwort, ox Anemone bepa- 

 tica, was now every where in flower. It was 

 abundant ; and the Swedes called it Bla- 

 hlomjier, 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 Tingle ditch, 

 though many of them wanted it. But the 

 people generally followed the Englifi way 

 of making no ditches along the fields, with- 

 out confidering whether the corn-fields want- 

 ed them or not. The confequence was, that 

 the late rain had in many places warned away 

 great pieces of the grounds, fown with wheat 

 and rye. There were no ridges left between 

 the fields, except a very narrow one near 

 ihe fence, which was entirely over-grown 



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