BICENTENARY OF LINN^US 50 



Eungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, TTpsala. 



The Royal Society of Sciences at Upsala has had the honor and the 

 pleasure of receiving your letter, informing them of the impressive manner 

 in which the memory of their great countryman, Carl von Linne, will be 

 celebrated in the metropolis of the United States. 



To every Swede, and especially to our Society, whose honor it is to count 

 Linn6 as the greatest ornament of its ranks, it is highly gratifying to see that 

 the memory of the man whom all the world recognizes as princeps hotani- 

 corum, is also beyond the Atlantic held so sacred that the two hundredth 

 anniversary of his birth will be celebrated there with the same love and 

 reverence as in his own countr}\ And we fully appreciate the delicate 

 courtesy which has led you to immortalize his name among you by dedicat- 

 ing to him the beautiful bridge which unites your Botanical Garden with 

 the Zoological Park. 



The necessity of answering your honored letter without delay renders it 

 impossible for the Royal Society of Sciences to enter more fully on the epoch- 

 making significance of the great Linn^'s life and work. Nor do we consider 

 it necessary for us to do so, least of all in relation to your renowned Academy, 

 which takes the lead in the grand scientific evolution of America. Do we 

 not both realize that Linne's great genius has laid the foundations on which 

 botanical science goes on building this very day? We both realize the 

 unceasing debt of gratitude which both hemispheres owe to his immortal 

 name. And so on both sides of the Atlantic we celebrate with deep-felt 

 enthusiasm the two hundredth anniversary' of his birth. 



We offer you our best wishes on the memorable day, and congratulate 

 you on your successful work in the immense field of learning. 



J. A. Ekmax, Archbishop of Sweden, 



President. 

 N. C. DuNER, Honorary Secretary. 



Professor Hans Reusch, Kristiania, Norway. 

 {Honorary Member of the Academy.) 



In mv working-room at the Geological Survey of Nonvav for many 

 years I have had only one portrait hanging, — that of Linnaeus. 1 regard 

 him as the household spirit of every good naturalist. 



