LINNE-TULBAGH COKRESPONDENCE 



IN POSSESSION OP THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 



BEING A FIFTH CONTRIBUTION 

 TOWARDS THE 



HISTORY OF THE LINNEAN COLLECTIONS. 



BY 

 BENJAMIN DAYDON JACKSON, Ph.D. 



This fragmentaiy correspondence is notable for the interesting 

 list of seed-plants and bulbs sent bv Tulbagh to Linne, with 

 numbers which are quoted in the herbarium, and are made 

 clear from the catalogue which follows. The said catalogue 

 is artlessly phrased, and I have therefore not translated it 

 literally, but have extracted all the points likely to be wanted 

 when the dried plants are inspected. Linne alludes to the 

 plants in his diary, thus : — " Tulbagh, Governor of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, made me a present of above 200 of the rarest 

 plants that grow there, all put up with great care, besides a 

 number of roots and bulbs alive, for the purpose of being 

 planted in the garden" [at Upsala]. Cf. Proc. 1887-88, p. 21. 



Tulbagh's governorship lasted from 1751 to 1771, when he 

 died ; it was memorable for the prosperity of the Colony under 

 his enlightened and fatherly administration, in great contrast to 

 the periods before and after his time. 



The list of plants was named up by Linne, and the Linnean 

 names are printed in Italic type. The names written by Linne 

 were evidently done on the first examination of the plants ; 

 many have no attempt at a determination, others only referred 

 to genera, and many more were changed before publication — 

 these are amongst those with " (sic) " appended. About 25 per 

 cent, were new, and as such published in the second Mantissa 



