I did not see any flowers here, not even a single ‘Oxys’ [Wood Sorrel], my sole cornfort in Ångermanland. There was nothing but ‘Caltha’ [Marsh Marigold], which is the first flower of spring here, and ‘Linagrastis monostachya’ [Hare’s-tail Cotton Grass] and ‘Polystachya’ [Common Cotton Grass] which were beginning to open. ‘Betula nana’ [Dwarf Birch] grew here in great quantities but there was still no sign of catkins or leaves. There was no ‘Fraxinus’ [ash], ‘Acer’ [maple], ‘Tilia’ [lime], ‘Ulmus’ [elm] nor willow in the whole province, far less hazel, oak and beech.