ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 



BULLETIN 



OF 



MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 



No. 7.] 



[1907. 



XLL-THE LINNEAN BICENTENARY. 



The two -hundredth anniversary of the birth of Linnaeus was 

 celebrated in Sweden with much enthusiasm between May 21st 

 and May 25th last. The central ceremony took place at Upsala on 

 May 23rd, Linnaeus having been born on May 23rd in 1707 ; the 

 actual Linnefest at Upsala was, however, preceded by celebrations 

 at Lund on May 21st and followed by celebrations at Stockholm 

 on May 25th. 



The University of Upsala and the Royal Academy of Sciences of 

 Stockholm invited, as their guests, delegates representing certain 

 selected Universities, delegates representing those societies and 

 institutions of which Linnaeus had been a member, delegates 

 from all societies that bear the name " Linnean " as well as 

 from all those that comprise a natural history section and that 

 at the same time belong to the International Association of 

 Academies, and finally, delegates from a few other Institutions. 

 Among these was the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, represented 

 by the Director. 



The University of Lund thereafter kindly invited the delegates 

 proceeding to Upsala for the celebrations of May 23rd to break 

 journey at Lund and participate in the ceremonies organised for 

 May 21st at Rashult, the birth place of Linnaeus. A considerable 

 number of the delegates were able to avail themselves of this 

 subsidiary invitation and were afforded an opportunity in the 

 forenoon of inspecting a collection of Linnean relics and portraits 

 and thereafter of examining the particular sections of University 

 activity in which each was most interested. Under the kindly 

 guidance of Professor Norstedt, himself a lineal descendant of 

 Linnaeus 1 brother, we were able to pay a profitable visit to the 

 Botanic Garden which, if small, is w r ell laid out and well furnished, 

 the Botanical Museum in which there are a number of interesting 

 specimens, the Herbarium and the Laboratory, before joining the 

 other guests at a luncheon, hospitably offered by Rector Ribbing, 

 preparatory to leaving for Rashult. 



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