170 May 1749. 



were all full of flowers. The people have 

 not yet found that this plant may be 

 applied to any 1 is ; they only gather the 

 flowers, and put them in pots, becaufe they 

 are very fhewy. They have fome fmellj 

 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 (hew its ears 

 about Ericmas, that is, about the 1 8 th of 

 May, old ftile*. Eut in New Sweden, the 

 people laid, they always faw the ears of rye 

 in April, old ftile ; whether the fpring be- 

 gins late or early. However, in fome years 

 the ears come early, and in others late, in 

 April. This fpring was reckoned one of | 

 the late ones. 



Bullfrogs -f 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 buihes, on the 

 other i\de 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 1 



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

 f Rana beans, Linn. Syit. L. p. 35S. Rana maxima^ 

 Americana, aquatica. Catefo. Carol. II. 7 2. 



