1 36 ON THE FOLIATION 
1750, the days when different trees began 
put out their leaves, when the countreymen, 
fowed their fields, and how much time there 
paffed between feed time, and harveft. This 
i did with intent, if pofiible, to find out fixed 
laws by which to regulate the proper feed-time 
in every province. But the few obfervations, 
which i was able to make, were not fufficient 
for this purpofe * that the work therefore 
which i meditated might not reft upon too 
flight a foundation, our prefident communi- 
cated all the papers fent to him from different 
places for my examination. Such then is the 
defign of this effay, and i fubmit it to the can- 
did reader, hoping that he will look upon it 
with an indulgent eye. 
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Our lands, which lye under a cold fky, are 
bound up with froft all the winter. Hence the 
roots of our plants oppreffed, as it were, with 
a drowfy fieep, are benummed, and many 
herbs, that remain above ground, dye r . But 
when 
r We have had five winters remarkably fevere in Sweden, 
yiz. 1665, T7"§J'> T'H:lh anc l 1 75 1 • The cold of 
which laft Feb. i.NS, was extremely intenfe, and fuch as 
has 
